Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2012, 5:33 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Moore County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
- Sep 29, 2012, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2012, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Richmond County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 5:50 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 5 E Pekin, NC | A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SPOTTED IN THE DRY CREEK AREA. PENNY SIZE HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WFUS52 KRAH 292133
TORRAH
NCC123-125-153-292200-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0015.120929T2133Z-120929T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
533 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 530 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER PEKIN...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF TROY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE
ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORMAN...
DERBY...
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 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 7988 3507 7991 3511 7992 3512 7995
3510 7997 3517 8006 3540 7990 3529 7925
3501 7954 3499 7958 3497 7958 3486 7969
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 290DEG 21KT 3521 7985
$$
KRR1 follow-up statement
169
WWUS52 KRAH 292148
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
548 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
NCC123-125-153-292200-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120929T2200Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-MOORE NC-RICHMOND NC-
548 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR
RICHMOND...SOUTHERN MOORE AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTIES...
AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NORMAN...OR 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ELLERBE...EAGLE
SPRINGS...ROCKINGHAM...HOFFMAN...HAMLET...DOBBINS HEIGHTS...DERBY...
WHISPERING PINES...TAYLORTOWN...SOUTHERN PINES...SEVEN LAKES...
PINEHURST...PINEBLUFF...FOXFIRE AND ABERDEEN.
SEVERAL SIGHTINGS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER NOW! IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS
AND EXTERIOR WALLS.
LAT...LON 3486 7969 3507 7991 3511 7992 3512 7995
3511 7997 3515 8000 3537 7978 3529 7925
3501 7954 3499 7958 3497 7958
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 290DEG 21KT 3518 7975
$$
KRRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 8:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Sep 28, 9:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 66 min |
| Sep 29, 3:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake | 63 min |
| Sep 29, 3:28 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 3:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Stanly | 72 min |
| Sep 29, 4:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 6:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 57 min |
| Sep 29, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 63 min |
| Sep 29, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 59 min |
| Sep 29, 5:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 74 min |
| Sep 29, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 6:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 18 min |
| Sep 29, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 43 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.