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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 29, 2012Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina

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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 365 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

KRR
1 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

$$

KRR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 28, 8:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWake40 min
Sep 28, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson66 min
Sep 29, 3:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Wake63 min
Sep 29, 3:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Stanly62 min
Sep 29, 3:42 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHStanly72 min
Sep 29, 4:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery61 min
Sep 29, 6:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHDurham57 min
Sep 29, 2:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRandolph63 min
Sep 29, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHMontgomery, Richmond59 min
Sep 29, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore, Richmond27 min
Sep 29, 5:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Wake74 min
Sep 29, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland62 min
Sep 29, 7:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWayne43 min

Nearby

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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.