Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 4:13 PM EST for Chatham County, Durham County, Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 4:13 PM EST (21:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 5:00 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chatham County, NC, Durham County, NC, Orange County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:20 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 N Chapel Hill, NC | TREES DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF KENMORE ROAD AND SHADY LAWN ROAD. ROAD IMPASSIBLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:16 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
014
WFUS52 KRAH 242113
TORRAH
NCC037-063-135-242200-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0011.160224T2113Z-160224T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
413 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EST
* AT 413 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR PITTSBORO...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM...CHAPEL HILL...HILLSBOROUGH...PITTSBORO...CARRBORO...LAKE
JORDAN...BETHESDA...GORMAN...PARKWOOD AND FEARRINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3604 7875 3602 7874 3603 7872 3601 7870
3597 7871 3594 7874 3592 7877 3593 7880
3588 7882 3587 7886 3587 7891 3583 7891
3569 7915 3581 7932 3585 7929 3585 7924
3586 7925 3589 7926 3617 7901
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 235DEG 28KT 3580 7918
$$
233 follow-up statements
514
WWUS52 KRAH 242134
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
434 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC037-135-242143-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160224T2200Z/
ORANGE NC-CHATHAM NC-
434 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ORANGE AND NORTHEASTERN CHATHAM
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3604 7875 3603 7875 3602 7874 3603 7872
3601 7870 3598 7871 3594 7874 3592 7877
3593 7880 3588 7883 3587 7886 3586 7902
3615 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 249DEG 35KT 3595 7894
$$
NCC063-242200-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160224T2200Z/
DURHAM NC-
434 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR DURHAM
COUNTY...
AT 433 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER DURHAM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM...CHAPEL HILL...BETHESDA...GORMAN...ROLLINGVIEW MARINA...
PARKWOOD...ENO RIVER STATE PARK...FALLS LAKE AND LAKE JORDAN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3604 7875 3603 7875 3602 7874 3603 7872
3601 7870 3598 7871 3594 7874 3592 7877
3593 7880 3588 7883 3587 7886 3586 7902
3615 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 249DEG 35KT 3595 7894
$$
23053
WWUS52 KRAH 242143
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
443 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC063-242200-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160224T2200Z/
DURHAM NC-
443 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DURHAM COUNTY...
AT 442 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RDU INTERNATIONAL...OR 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DURHAM...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM...GORMAN...ROLLINGVIEW MARINA...BETHESDA AND FALLS LAKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3604 7875 3603 7875 3602 7874 3603 7872
3601 7870 3598 7871 3594 7874 3592 7877
3593 7880 3588 7883 3587 7886 3592 7894
3609 7885
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 226DEG 52KT 3594 7880
$$
23597
WWUS52 KRAH 242152
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
452 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC063-242202-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160224T2200Z/
DURHAM NC-
452 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DURHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
500 PM EST...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS !**
WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3604 7875 3603 7875 3602 7874 3603 7872
3601 7870 3598 7871 3594 7874 3592 7877
3593 7880 3588 7883 3587 7886 3592 7894
3609 7885
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 235DEG 28KT 3594 7880
$$
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:09 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond | 51 min |
| Feb 24, 10:53 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 12:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 52 min |
| Feb 24, 12:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 12:36 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 9 min |
| Feb 24, 1:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 1:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 1:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 47 min |
| Feb 24, 1:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 46 min |
| Feb 24, 2:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 65 min |
| Feb 24, 2:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 61 min |
| Feb 24, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 60 min |
| Feb 24, 3:09 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore, Randolph | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 3:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Randolph | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 3:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 3:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 3:47 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 3:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 37 min |
| Feb 24, 3:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 4:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Vance | 56 min |
| Feb 24, 4:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Vance, Wake and 1 more | 69 min |
| Feb 24, 4:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 5:03 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 5:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 5:21 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 5:22 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Wake | 23 min |
| Feb 24, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 44 min |
| Feb 24, 5:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Wake, Warren | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 5:52 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 5:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 32 min |
| Feb 24, 6:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 6:15 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Vance, Wake, Warren | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson | 50 min |
| Feb 24, 6:29 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 21 min |
| Feb 24, 6:37 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 23 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.