Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 19, 2012, 9:09 AM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2012, 9:09 AM EDT (13:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2012, 9:32 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Halifax County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 9:16 AM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 N Roanoke Rapids, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
670
WFUS52 KRAH 191309
TORRAH
NCC083-191345-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0010.120819T1309Z-120819T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
909 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 945 AM EDT
* AT 907 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO APPROACHING SOUTH WELDON...AND ROANOKE RAPIDS...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELDON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
&&
LAT...LON 3649 7770 3649 7764 3645 7762 3643 7759
3642 7756 3641 7754 3637 7754 3628 7766
3641 7782 3649 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1309Z 225DEG 29KT 3642 7765
$$
WSS2 follow-up statements
066
WWUS52 KRAH 191317
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
917 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
NCC083-191345-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120819T1345Z/
HALIFAX NC-
917 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY...
AT 916 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROANOKE RAPIDS...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTY.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
IF YOU OBSERVED A TORNADO...DAMAGING WINDS...OR LARGE HAIL...PLEASE
NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
LAT...LON 3649 7770 3649 7764 3645 7762 3643 7759
3642 7756 3641 7754 3637 7754 3628 7766
3641 7782 3649 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1317Z 207DEG 21KT 3645 7766
$$
WSS951
WWUS52 KRAH 191332
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
932 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
NCC083-191342-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-120819T1345Z/
HALIFAX NC-
932 AM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HALIFAX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
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 3649 7770 3649 7764 3645 7762 3643 7759
3642 7756 3641 7754 3637 7754 3628 7766
3641 7782 3649 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1332Z 207DEG 21KT 3653 7761
$$
WSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 11 min |
| Aug 19, 4:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Guilford and 6 more | 116 min |
| Aug 19, 6:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 2 more | 92 min |
| Aug 19, 7:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford | 4 hr |
| Aug 19, 7:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 8:03 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 50 min |
| Aug 19, 8:24 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Vance, Warren | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 8:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 9:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Halifax, Vance, Warren | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Moore | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 9:41 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 9:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 9:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 10:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 11:22 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax, Warren | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 11:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wake | 78 min |
| Aug 19, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 46 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.