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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 24, 2016Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 12:36 PM EST for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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, 12:36 PM EST (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2016, 1:00 PM EST
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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.

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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 502 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 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
502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted.

214 
WFUS52 KRAH 241736
TORRAH
NCC163-241800-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0002.160224T1736Z-160224T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1236 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 100 PM EST
    
* AT 1236 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  NEAR HARRELLS...OR 17 MILES WEST OF WALLACE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
  AT 70 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HARRELLS...GARLAND AND TURKEY. 

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 3464 7831 3467 7832 3470 7837 3475 7839
      3477 7842 3506 7816 3490 7815 3474 7820
      3473 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1736Z 220DEG 62KT 3474 7831 

$$

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1 follow-up statement
499 
WWUS52 KRAH 241754
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1254 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

NCC163-241803-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1800Z/
SAMPSON NC-
1254 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAMPSON COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
100 PM EST...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RALEIGH.

LAT...LON 3464 7831 3467 7832 3470 7837 3475 7839
      3477 7842 3506 7816 3490 7815 3474 7820
      3473 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1752Z 220DEG 62KT 3474 7831 

$$

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, 12:45 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, 5:21 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.