Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2013
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 2013, 6:14 PM EDT for Franklin County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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
- Jun 18, 2013, 6:14 PM EDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2013, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 6:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Rolesville, NC | MINOR DAMAGE TO MOBILE HOME NEAR THOMPSON LANE AND US 401... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN |
| Jun 18, 6:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Ne Rolesville, NC | TORNADO OBSERVED CROSSING TARBORO ROAD NEAR HARRIS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH... NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN... ROAD IS BLOCKED |
| Jun 18, 6:34 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 Wnw Bunn, NC | POSSIBLE TORNADO OBSERVED NEAR 40 BOXWOOD DRIVE IN YOUNGSVILLE... POSSIBLY SOME DEBRIS SEEN BY THE SPOTTER |
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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 453 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 536 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
326
WFUS52 KRAH 182214
TORRAH
NCC069-183-182245-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0008.130618T2214Z-130618T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
614 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 612 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER WAKE FOREST...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH...
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YOUNGSVILLE...
WAKE FOREST...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 7816 3594 7856 3603 7860 3603 7858
3602 7855 3605 7854 3616 7821
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 255DEG 24KT 3597 7855
$$
PWB2 follow-up statements
813
WWUS52 KRAH 182225
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
625 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
NCC069-183-182245-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130618T2245Z/
FRANKLIN NC-WAKE NC-
625 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAKE AND SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
AT 624 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL
CLOUD. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IS POSSIBLE
WITH THIS WALL CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...OR
13 MILES NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... YOUNGSVILLE.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3616 7821 3601 7816 3595 7846 3596 7849
3600 7855 3601 7854 3602 7855 3605 7854
TIME...MOT...LOC 2224Z 255DEG 24KT 3599 7846
$$
PWB919 WWUS52 KRAH 182231 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 631 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 NCC183-182239- /O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130618T2245Z/ WAKE NC- 631 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA 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 3600 7841 3613 7820 3601 7816 3596 7840 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 255DEG 24KT 3598 7841 $$ NCC069-182245- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130618T2245Z/ FRANKLIN NC- 631 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY... AT 628 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A ROTATING WALL CLOUD. THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE A TORNADO AS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. THE WALL CLOUD WAS LOCATED BETWEEN YOUNGSVILLE AND BUNN... OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISBURG... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS INPACTED INCLUDE BUNN. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3600 7841 3613 7820 3601 7816 3596 7840 TIME...MOT...LOC 2229Z 255DEG 24KT 3598 7841 $$ PWB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth, Guilford | 72 min |
| Jun 18, 4:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 93 min |
| Jun 18, 5:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham, Orange | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 5:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 5:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 50 min |
| Jun 18, 6:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jun 18, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 40 min |
| Jun 18, 7:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 82 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.