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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 24, 2016Moore County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2016, 3:00 PM EST for Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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
Feb 24, 2016, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Moore County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 11:16 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 703 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
703 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
750 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

790 
WUUS52 KRAH 242000
SVRRAH
NCC125-242100-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0013.160224T2000Z-160224T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
300 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 400 PM EST

* AT 259 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER BISCOE...OR NEAR TROY...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SOUTHERN PINES...CARTHAGE...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN...WHISPERING
  PINES...ROBBINS...FOXFIRE...TAYLORTOWN...VASS...CAMERON...
  GLENDON...SEVEN LAKES...HIGHFALLS AND EAGLE SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR NUMEROUS INJURIES...
DEATHS...AND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROPERTY DAMAGE EACH YEAR...
TYPICALLY IN ASSOCIATION WITH FALLING TREES OR TREE BRANCHES. IF
OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS...AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3520 7966 3524 7967 3526 7970 3551 7977
      3552 7935 3550 7934 3547 7936 3544 7933
      3543 7933 3540 7929 3535 7927 3533 7924
      3528 7921 3527 7922 3520 7917 3519 7921
      3521 7925 3515 7935 3512 7957
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 226DEG 54KT 3538 7979 

$$

VINCENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 3:09 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHRichmond51 min
Feb 24, 10:53 AM ESTTornado WarningRAHCumberland31 min
Feb 24, 12:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson52 min
Feb 24, 12:26 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementRAHSampson64 min
Feb 24, 12:36 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHSampson24 min
Feb 24, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson9 min
Feb 24, 1:03 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHWayne27 min
Feb 24, 1:04 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph56 min
Feb 24, 1:32 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Wilson43 min
Feb 24, 1:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly47 min
Feb 24, 1:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph46 min
Feb 24, 2:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly65 min
Feb 24, 2:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph61 min
Feb 24, 3:09 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Lee, Moore, Randolph33 min
Feb 24, 3:11 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Lee, Randolph34 min
Feb 24, 3:30 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Richmond45 min
Feb 24, 3:35 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHAlamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange40 min
Feb 24, 3:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person62 min
Feb 24, 3:47 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHHoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland43 min
Feb 24, 3:53 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Lee, Moore37 min
Feb 24, 3:59 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Person19 min
Feb 24, 4:04 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHDurham, Granville, Person, Vance56 min
Feb 24, 4:13 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Durham, Orange47 min
Feb 24, 4:20 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHChatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake40 min
Feb 24, 4:36 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Vance, Wake and 1 more69 min
Feb 24, 4:40 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHChatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake50 min
Feb 24, 5:03 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance, Warren26 min
Feb 24, 5:04 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson26 min
Feb 24, 5:21 PM ESTTornado Warning EmergencyRAHCumberland, Harnett, Sampson39 min
Feb 24, 5:21 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHVance, Warren24 min
Feb 24, 5:22 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHFranklin, Vance, Wake23 min
Feb 24, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Wake44 min
Feb 24, 5:41 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHFranklin, Vance, Wake, Warren49 min
Feb 24, 5:52 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne38 min
Feb 24, 5:58 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson32 min
Feb 24, 6:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren62 min
Feb 24, 6:15 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHFranklin, Halifax, Vance, Wake, Warren45 min
Feb 24, 6:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Wayne, Wilson50 min
Feb 24, 6:29 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson21 min
Feb 24, 6:37 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson23 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.