Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2012, 1:26 PM EDT for Surry County, Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports 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 8, 2012, 1:26 PM EDT (17:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2012, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:28 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Se North Wilkesboro, NC | ONE TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 115 NEAR SPRING DRIVE AND FISHING CREEK ROAD |
| Sep 8, 1:38 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Se Ronda, NC | POWER LINE DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 268E IN RONDA. |
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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 814 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
135
WUUS51 KRNK 081726
SVRRNK
NCC171-193-197-081830-
/O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0355.120908T1726Z-120908T1830Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
126 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT.
* AT 123 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WINDY GAP...OR 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NORTH WILKESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WINDY GAP...
BUCK SHOALS...
BROOKS CROSSROADS...
YADKINVILLE...
SHACKTOWN...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY FROM THIS STORM.
TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF QUARTER 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 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 8114 3633 8045 3616 8043 3613 8044
3611 8046 3610 8050 3604 8050 3605 8099
3604 8104 3603 8105 3603 8113 3603 8114
TIME...MOT...LOC 1726Z 269DEG 30KT 3612 8100
$$
JH3 follow-up statements
526
WWUS51 KRNK 081748
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
148 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCC171-193-197-081830-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-120908T1830Z/
YADKIN NC-SURRY NC-WILKES NC-
148 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR YADKIN...SOUTHEASTERN SURRY AND SOUTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTIES...
AT 145 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCK SHOALS...OR 8
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RONDA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUCK SHOALS...
BROOKS CROSSROADS...
YADKINVILLE...
SHACKTOWN...
HUNTSVILLE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3604 8109 3622 8107 3633 8045 3616 8043
3611 8046 3611 8049 3609 8051 3604 8050
3605 8097 3604 8104 3602 8106 3603 8108
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 269DEG 30KT 3612 8083
$$
JH630
WWUS51 KRNK 081817
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
217 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCC171-193-081827-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-120908T1830Z/
SURRY NC-WILKES NC-
217 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SURRY AND
SOUTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 8087 3610 8088 3613 8086 3623 8084
3627 8053 3627 8054 3626 8047 3624 8045
3616 8043 3611 8046 3611 8049 3609 8051
3604 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 269DEG 30KT 3617 8055
$$
NCC197-081830-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-120908T1830Z/
YADKIN NC-
217 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR YADKIN COUNTY...
AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SHACKTOWN...OR NEAR
EAST BEND...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SHACKTOWN...
EAST BEND...
ENON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY
HEAVY RAIN.
INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3606 8087 3610 8088 3613 8086 3623 8084
3627 8053 3627 8054 3626 8047 3624 8045
3616 8043 3611 8046 3611 8049 3609 8051
3604 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 269DEG 30KT 3617 8055
$$
JH615
WWUS51 KRNK 081828
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
228 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
NCC197-081838-
/O.EXP.KRNK.SV.W.0355.000000T0000Z-120908T1830Z/
YADKIN NC-
228 PM EDT SAT SEP 8 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YADKIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 230
PM EDT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW
SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. ONCE AGAIN
THAT NUMBER IS 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN
VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3606 8087 3610 8088 3613 8086 3623 8084
3627 8053 3627 8054 3626 8047 3624 8045
3616 8043 3611 8046 3611 8049 3609 8051
3604 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 269DEG 30KT 3617 8044
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 1:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 66 min |
| Sep 8, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 57 min |
| Sep 8, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes | 30 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.