Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2012, 3:36 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2012, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
689
WUUS52 KRAH 141936
SVRRAH
NCC051-085-101-163-142015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0072.120514T1936Z-120514T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
336 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
EAST CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WADE...OR 12 MILES EAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY
WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FALCON...GODWIN...
SPIVEY'S CORNER...
NEWTON GROVE...
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 319 AND 348.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 55 AND 81.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE
WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3515 7887 3553 7856 3530 7829 3529 7830
3522 7824 3521 7819 3518 7815 3515 7816
3496 7868
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 228DEG 28KT 3512 7869
$$
222 follow-up statements
688
WWUS52 KRAH 141952
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
352 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
NCC051-085-101-163-142015-
/O.CON.KRAH.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120514T2015Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-JOHNSTON NC-HARNETT NC-SAMPSON NC-
352 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT
FOR NORTHERN SAMPSON...EAST CENTRAL HARNETT...SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON
AND NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 348 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FALCON...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ERWIN...DUNN...SPIVEY'S
CORNER...BENSON...HOBBTON...NEWTON GROVE AND COATS CROSSROADS.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN EXITS 319 AND 348.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 95 BETWEEN EXITS 58 AND 81.
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3518 7885 3553 7856 3531 7830 3528 7830
3522 7825 3521 7819 3518 7815 3515 7816
3499 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 228DEG 28KT 3520 7858
$$
SEC335
WWUS52 KRAH 142012
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
412 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
NCC051-085-101-163-142022-
/O.EXP.KRAH.SV.W.0072.000000T0000Z-120514T2015Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-JOHNSTON NC-HARNETT NC-SAMPSON NC-
412 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN SAMPSON...EAST
CENTRAL HARNETT...SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON AND NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 415 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
LAT...LON 3518 7885 3553 7856 3531 7830 3528 7830
3522 7825 3521 7819 3518 7815 3515 7816
3499 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 228DEG 28KT 3531 7843
$$
SECThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 10:32 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Forsyth | 2 hr |
| May 14, 12:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Montgomery, Moore, Orange and 3 more | 82 min |
| May 14, 1:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Scotland | 47 min |
| May 14, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 43 min |
| May 14, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 41 min |
| May 14, 2:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 52 min |
| May 14, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 62 min |
| May 14, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 67 min |
| May 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Forsyth | 3 hr |
| May 14, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 21 min |
| May 14, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Sampson | 2 hr |
| May 14, 7:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Forsyth | 6 hr |
| May 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.