Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2016
Wind Advisory 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this wind advisory at Jan 12, 2016, 11:28 AM EST for 31 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Jan 12, 2016, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 12, 2016, 11:28 AM EST (16:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 12, 2016, 12:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
All 31 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2112 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
393 WWUS72 KRAH 121628 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1128 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON... .SOUTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AS A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-122300- /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.160112T1700Z-160112T2300Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON... NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET... EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 1128 AM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. * NOON TO 2 PM...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH SUSTAINED WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 35 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * 2 PM TO 4 PM...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL VEER TO THE WEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH SUSTAINED WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH...PRIMARILY IN THE TRIAD AND AREAS ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95 WHERE OCCASIONAL DOWNED TREES ARE MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR. * 4 PM TO 6 PM...WESTERLY WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY SUNSET. * IMPACTS...ABOVE NORMAL SOIL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH FREQUENT WESTERLY WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS TYPICALLY ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN DOWN OLD OR WEAKENED TREES AND TREE LIMBS...AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON ROUTES THAT RUN NORTH TO SOUTH SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF WEATHER RELATED INJURIES...FATALITIES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT OCCUR EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. $$ VINCENT
2 follow-up statements
043 WWUS72 KRAH 121857 AAA NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 157 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .SOUTHWEST FLOW AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-122300- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160112T2300Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON... NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET... EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 157 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... * THROUGH 5 PM...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND VEER TOWARD THE WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH. * 5 PM TO MIDNIGHT...WESTERLY WINDS WILL DECREASE TO 10-15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH BY SUNSET...AT WHICH POINT THE ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE. WINDS WILL FURTHER DECREASE TO 10 MPH OR LESS AFTER MIDNIGHT. * IMPACTS...ABOVE NORMAL SOIL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH FREQUENT WESTERLY WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY IN THE TRIAD...NORTHERN PIEDMONT...AND PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL PLAIN ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 95. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS ABOVE 30 MPH OR WIND GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN DOWN OLD OR WEAKENED TREES OR TREE LIMBS...AND CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES...PARTICULARLY ON ROUTES THAT RUN NORTH TO SOUTH SUCH AS INTERSTATE 95. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF WEATHER RELATED INJURIES...FATALITIES...AND PROPERTY DAMAGE THAT OCCUR EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. $$ VINCENT
343 WWUS72 KRAH 122303 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 603 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM... .WIND ADVISORY EXPIRES AT 6 PM. NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-130015- /O.EXP.KRAH.WI.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-160112T2300Z/ PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE- ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE- ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...OXFORD...BUTNER...CREEDMOOR... HENDERSON...NORLINA...WARRENTON...ROANOKE RAPIDS... WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM... CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO...DURHAM...LOUISBURG...FRANKLINTON... NASHVILLE...RED OAK...SHARPSBURG...SPRING HOPE...ROCKY MOUNT... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...RALEIGH...CARY...SMITHFIELD...CLAYTON... SELMA...BENSON...WILSON...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... GOLDSBORO...WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET... EAST ROCKINGHAM...LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY... FAYETTEVILLE...CLINTON 603 PM EST TUE JAN 12 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM EST THIS EVENING... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA THIS EVENING. HOWEVER... GUSTY WIND OF UP TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH CENTRAL NC THIS EVENING. $$
Nearby
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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.