Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2012, 5:53 PM EDT for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. 4 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
- May 14, 2012, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2012, 6:27 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilkes County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 5:53 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Wsw North Wilkesboro, NC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL BEGAN AT 553 PM AND ENDED AT 600 PM EDT...AND ALSO TWO TREES DOWN...ALL OBSERVED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CONGO ROAD AND WINKLER MILL ROAD |
| May 14, 5:56 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 3 Wsw North Wilkesboro, NC | PENNY TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL. |
| May 14, 6:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Wsw North Wilkesboro, NC | A FEW LARGE LIMBS FROM ONE TREE FELL ONTO CURTIS BRIDGE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH NEW BRICKYARD ROAD. |
| May 14, 6:00 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | 3 W North Wilkesboro, NC | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT CRICKET FIRE DEPARTMENT |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -122 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
224 WUUS51 KRNK 142153 SVRRNK NCC193-142300- /O.NEW.KRNK.SV.W.0097.120514T2153Z-120514T2300Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 553 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT. * AT 548 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BUCK...OR NEAR WILKESBORO...AND MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUCK... CRICKET... WILKESBORO... FAIRPLAINS... NORTH WILKESBORO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 3622 8110 3611 8107 3613 8125 3618 8125 TIME...MOT...LOC 2153Z 261DEG 6KT 3616 8122 $$ DS
2 follow-up statements
675
WWUS51 KRNK 142209
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
609 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
NCC193-142300-
/O.CON.KRNK.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120514T2300Z/
WILKES NC-
609 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY...
AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH DIAMETER
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR CRICKET...OR NEAR NORTH WILKESBORO...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NORTH WILKESBORO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
&&
LAT...LON 3615 8121 3619 8117 3622 8110 3611 8107
3613 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 264DEG 10KT 3616 8115
$$
DS175
WWUS51 KRNK 142227
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
627 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
NCC193-142237-
/O.CAN.KRNK.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120514T2300Z/
WILKES NC-
627 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND
EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
ANOTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST WILKES
COUNTY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1 8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4.
LAT...LON 3615 8121 3619 8117 3622 8110 3611 8107
3613 8121
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 264DEG 10KT 3617 8109
$$
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 30 min |
| May 14, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Watauga | 37 min |
| May 14, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Wilkes | 25 min |
| May 14, 5:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 6 hr |
| May 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 39 min |
| May 14, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 59 min |
| May 14, 6:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 11 hr |
| May 14, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 6 hr |
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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.