Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2012, 4:12 AM EDT for 22 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 29, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2012, 4:12 AM EDT (08:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 29, 2012, 12:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 10:52 AM EDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 22 counties
Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
011 WWUS72 KRAH 290812 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 412 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT... .HURRICANE SANDY WILL TRANSITION TO A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE AS IT MAKES LANDFALL ON THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS INTENSIFYING STORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-073>076-292015- /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.121029T1600Z-121030T1000Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD 412 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM EDT TUESDAY. * LOCATION...THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO SOUTHERN PINES... TO RALEIGH... WILSON... AND TARBORO. * WINDS...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN BY MIDDAY... AND WILL REMAIN BRISK AND GUSTY THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS COULD BE KNOCKED DOWN BY THESE WINDS... AND POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND. DRIVERS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO HANDLE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE SHOULD BRING INDOORS THOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ HARTFIELD
5 follow-up statements
969 WWUS72 KRAH 292009 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 409 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .HURRICANE SANDY WILL TRANSITION TO A POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE AS IT MAKES LANDFALL ON THE MID ATLANTIC COAST TONIGHT. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS INTENSIFYING STORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-073>076-300815- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121030T1000Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD 409 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO SOUTHERN PINES... TO RALEIGH... WILSON... AND TARBORO. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS EVENING... THEN CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BREAK SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE SHOULD BRING INDOORS THOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
691 WWUS72 KRAH 300233 AAA NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1033 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT... .POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND ACROSS THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS STRONG STORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THROUGH TONIGHT. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>041-043-073>076-301000- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121030T1000Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...HENDERSON... WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL...DURHAM...LOUISBURG... NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT...LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO... RALEIGH...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD 1033 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT TUESDAY... * LOCATION...THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND IS ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO SOUTHERN PINES... TO RALEIGH... WILSON... AND TARBORO. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BREAK SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE SHOULD BRING INDOORS THOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$
807 WWUS72 KRAH 300753 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 353 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT... .POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS INTENSE STORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. NCZ007-021>024-302000- /O.EXT.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121030T2000Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL 353 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS FAR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WINSTON-SALEM TO GREENSBORO TO HILLSBOROUGH TO ROXBORO. * WINDS...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH BY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY BREAK OFF SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND. DRIVERS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO HANDLE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... INCLUDING TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH THE TRIAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE SHOULD BRING INDOORS THOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ NCZ008>011-025>028-038>041-043-073>076-301000- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121030T1000Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT... LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...WILSON...ALBEMARLE... TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD 353 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING... * LOCATION...THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE TO SOUTHERN PINES... TO RALEIGH... WILSON... AND TARBORO. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BREAK SMALL BRANCHES AND TOSS AROUND LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE SHOULD BRING INDOORS THOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ HARTFIELD
054 WWUS72 KRAH 301007 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 607 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT... .POST TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE INLAND OVER THE MID ATLANTIC REGION. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS INTENSE STORM WILL BRING STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. NCZ008>011-025>028-038>041-043-073>076-301115- /O.EXP.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121030T1000Z/ GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE- DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...HENDERSON...WARRENTON... ROANOKE RAPIDS...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...NASHVILLE...ROCKY MOUNT... LEXINGTON...ASHEBORO...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...WILSON...ALBEMARLE... TROY...SOUTHERN PINES...SANFORD 607 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. HOWEVER... IT WILL REMAIN VERY BREEZY TODAY... WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH POSSIBLE. $$ NCZ007-021>024-302000- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121030T2000Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL 607 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * LOCATION...THE ADVISORY AREA COVERS FAR NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM WINSTON-SALEM TO GREENSBORO TO HILLSBOROUGH TO ROXBORO. * WINDS...WEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL GUST TO 35 TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... THEN SLOWLY DIMINISH BY EVENING. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS MAY BREAK OFF SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS MAY BE TOSSED AROUND. DRIVERS MAY FIND IT DIFFICULT TO HANDLE HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES... INCLUDING TRAVELERS ON INTERSTATE 40 THROUGH THE TRIAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH OR GREATER ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. PEOPLE SHOULD BRING INDOORS THOSE OBJECTS THAT COULD BE TOSSED AROUND BY THE WIND. && $$ HARTFIELD
874 WWUS72 KRAH 301452 AAA NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1052 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 NCZ007-021>024-301600- /O.CAN.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-121030T2000Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...CHAPEL HILL 1052 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... STRONG WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT...THEREFORE THE WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SPORADIC WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED PRIOR TO SUNSET THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TRIAD. $$ VINCENT
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
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.