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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 6:29 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 21 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, 6:29 PM EST (23:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:50 PM EST
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:16 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
060
WFUS52 KRAH 242329
TORRAH
NCC101-163-191-195-250015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0021.160224T2329Z-160225T0015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
629 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 715 PM EST
* AT 627 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
MILES WEST OF MOUNT OLIVE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM EXHIBITING ROTATION AND POSSIBLY A WEAK
TORNADO IS JUST SOUTH OF PRINCETON.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSBORO...WILSON...FREMONT...PRINCETON...LUCAMA...STANTONSBURG...
BLACK CREEK...PIKEVILLE...NEWTON GROVE AND EUREKA.
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 3513 7837 3522 7846 3572 7794 3558 7781
3557 7782 3543 7783 3540 7780 3538 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 231DEG 51KT 3523 7832
$$
232 follow-up statements
297
WWUS52 KRAH 242344
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
644 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC101-163-242352-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
JOHNSTON NC-SAMPSON NC-
644 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSTON AND NORTHEASTERN
SAMPSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3532 7813 3535 7816 3535 7815 3537 7816
3538 7814 3540 7816 3542 7816 3548 7812
3572 7794 3558 7781 3557 7782 3543 7783
3540 7780 3538 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 223DEG 55KT 3541 7812
$$
NCC191-195-250015-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
WAYNE NC-WILSON NC-
644 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 642 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
8 MILES WEST OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. RADAR
SUGGESTS THE STORM IS SHOWING SIGNS OF WEAKENING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GOLDSBORO...WILSON...FREMONT...STANTONSBURG...BLACK CREEK...
PIKEVILLE...EUREKA...MAR-MAC AND NAHUNTA.
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 3532 7813 3535 7816 3535 7815 3537 7816
3538 7814 3540 7816 3542 7816 3548 7812
3572 7794 3558 7781 3557 7782 3543 7783
3540 7780 3538 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 223DEG 55KT 3541 7812
$$
23557
WWUS52 KRAH 242350
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
650 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC191-195-242359-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160225T0015Z/
WAYNE NC-WILSON NC-
650 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN WAYNE AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WILSON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3532 7813 3535 7816 3535 7815 3537 7816
3538 7814 3540 7816 3542 7816 3548 7812
3572 7794 3558 7781 3557 7782 3543 7783
3540 7780 3538 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 231DEG 51KT 3548 7802
$$
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, 4:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 47 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, 6:37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.