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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 24, 2016Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 5:21 PM EST for Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
Feb 24, 2016, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 5:45 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 5:23 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Sse Drewry, NCTREE DOWN ON MANSON DREWRY RD.
Feb 24, 5:24 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 W Norlina, NCTREE DOWN ON RIDGEWAY-DREWRY RD.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Feb 24, 11:16 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 828 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
828 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
913 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

044 
WFUS52 KRAH 242221 RRA
TORRAH
NCC181-185-242245-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0016.160224T2221Z-160224T2245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
521 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN VANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 545 PM EST
    
* AT 521 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR NORLINA...OR 7 MILES WEST OF WARRENTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 60 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WARRENTON...NORLINA...MIDDLEBURG...MACON...SOUTHPOINTE AND
  MORNINGSTAR MARINAS...DREWRY...BULLOCKSVILLE...AFTON...LAKE GASTON
  AND SATTERWHITE POINT MARINA.

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 3651 7790 3648 7791 3626 7827 3638 7844
      3654 7833 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 218DEG 54KT 3639 7829 

$$

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2 follow-up statements
003 
WWUS52 KRAH 242232
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
532 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCC181-242241-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160224T2245Z/
VANCE NC-
532 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VANCE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3651 7790 3648 7791 3638 7819 3648 7829
      3654 7824 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 228DEG 52KT 3649 7814 

$$

NCC185-242245-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160224T2245Z/
WARREN NC-
532 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
WARREN COUNTY...
    
AT 531 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR NORLINA...OR NEAR WARRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARRENTON...NORLINA...MACON...SOUTHPOINTE AND MORNINGSTAR MARINAS...
LAKE GASTON AND WISE.

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 3651 7790 3648 7791 3638 7819 3648 7829
      3654 7824 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 228DEG 52KT 3649 7814 

$$

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490 
WWUS52 KRAH 242241
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
541 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCC185-242251-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160224T2245Z/
WARREN NC-
541 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 545
PM EST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...THERE IS
ANOTHER STORM EXHIBITING WEAK ROTATION. ANOTHER TORNADO WARNING MAY
BE NEEDED. 

LAT...LON 3651 7790 3648 7791 3638 7819 3648 7829
      3654 7824 3654 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 218DEG 54KT 3649 7814 

$$

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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, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore60 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, 5:22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.