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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 15, 2016Franklin County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 15, 2016, 9:18 PM EDT for Franklin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 10 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: Jun 15, 2016, 9:18 PM EDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2016, 9:28 PM EDT
In force: 10 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Franklin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 146 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

581 
WFUS52 KRAH 160118
TORRAH
NCC069-160145-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0022.160616T0118Z-160616T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
918 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
    
* AT 918 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LOUISBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

  HAZARD...TORNADO. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

  IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
           SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
           DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
           DAMAGE IS LIKELY. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  LOUISBURG AND INGLESIDE. 

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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 7831 3612 7838 3625 7826 3616 7813
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 232DEG 21KT 3613 7831 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

116 
WWUS52 KRAH 160124
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
924 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

NCC069-160145-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160616T0145Z/
FRANKLIN NC-
924 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY...
    
AT 924 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR LOUISBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARD...TORNADO. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION. 

IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
         SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
         TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.  TREE DAMAGE
         IS LIKELY. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
INGLESIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
WHO WILL SEND YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.

&&

LAT...LON 3612 7830 3615 7835 3625 7826 3617 7814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 226DEG 18KT 3616 7829 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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396 
WWUS52 KRAH 160128
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
928 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

NCC069-160138-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160616T0145Z/
FRANKLIN NC-
928 PM EDT WED JUN 15 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3612 7830 3615 7835 3625 7826 3617 7814
TIME...MOT...LOC 0127Z 232DEG 21KT 3618 7827 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 15, 9:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren and 1 more	93 min
Jun 15, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Montgomery, Stanly	59 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.