Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 11, 2012, 6:01 PM EDT for 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
- Jul 11, 2012, 6:01 PM EDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2012, 6:19 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
592
WFUS52 KRAH 112201
TORRAH
NCC165-112230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0005.120711T2201Z-120711T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
601 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 557 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER WAGRAM...OR 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAURINBURG...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AREAS EAST OF WAGRAM AND LAURINBURG
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF CAUGHT IN A VEHICLE...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE
AND STAY PUT LEAVING YOUR SEAT BELT ON...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND
LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES.
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 3485 7949 3494 7942 3492 7937 3486 7934
3485 7934 3484 7935 3483 7934 3482 7935
3477 7933 3472 7938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 304DEG 13KT 3485 7940
$$
DJF2 follow-up statements
668
WWUS52 KRAH 112210
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
610 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
NCC165-112230-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120711T2230Z/
SCOTLAND NC-
610 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SCOTLAND COUNTY...
AT 606 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WAGRAM...OR ABOUT
5 MILES EAST OF LAURINBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS NEAR 58 MPH.
THE STORM HAD SHOWN SIGNS OF WEAKENING IN TERMS OF ITS ROTATION
BETWEEN 605 PM AND 608 PM. IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...THE WARNING
WOULD BE CANCELLED EARLY. STILL...THOSE IN FAR EASTERN SCOTLAND
COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PASSED.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
LAT...LON 3485 7949 3494 7942 3492 7937 3486 7934
3485 7934 3484 7935 3483 7934 3482 7935
3477 7933 3472 7938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 322DEG 16KT 3484 7937
$$
DJF805
WWUS52 KRAH 112219
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
619 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
NCC165-112227-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120711T2230Z/
SCOTLAND NC-
619 PM EDT WED JUL 11 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL SCOTLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
STILL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER
PARTS OF SOUTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY WITH THUNDERSTORMS AT LEAST
THROUGH 630 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NEARBY OR OVERHEAD...
REMAIN INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DRIVERS SHOULD USE
CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN WHEN TRAVELLING THIS EVENING.
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 3485 7949 3494 7942 3492 7937 3486 7934
3485 7934 3484 7935 3483 7934 3482 7935
3477 7933 3472 7938
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 322DEG 16KT 3481 7934
$$
DJFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 12:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 80 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Davidson, Randolph | 89 min |
| Jul 11, 3:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, Johnston, Orange and 2 more | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Franklin, Johnston, Orange, Wake | 50 min |
| Jul 11, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 63 min |
| Jul 11, 6:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Scotland | 62 min |
| Jul 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Bladen | 55 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.