Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT for Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 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
- Sep 29, 2012, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2012, 7:14 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hoke County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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.
173
WFUS52 KRAH 292256
TORRAH
NCC093-165-300000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0017.120929T2256Z-120930T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
656 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN HOKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 653 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF BOWMORE...OR 8 MILES WEST OF
RAEFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOWMORE...
RAEFORD...SILVER CITY...
ANTIOCH...
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 3500 7948 3511 7937 3500 7905 3496 7903
3495 7903 3483 7919 3483 7934 3482 7935
3477 7933 3474 7935 3475 7936
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 300DEG 23KT 3500 7935
$$
KRR1 follow-up statement
559
WWUS52 KRAH 292314
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
714 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
NCC093-165-292323-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-120930T0000Z/
HOKE NC-SCOTLAND NC-
714 PM EDT SAT SEP 29 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SCOTLAND AND SOUTHERN HOKE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE REPORT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IN RALEIGH.
LAT...LON 3500 7948 3511 7937 3500 7905 3496 7903
3495 7903 3483 7919 3483 7934 3482 7935
3477 7933 3474 7935 3475 7936
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 300DEG 23KT 3494 7924
$$
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, 5:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 27 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.