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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 5, 2017Edgecombe County, Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 2017, 5:39 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 13 min. 1 report 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: Jun 5, 2017, 5:39 PM EDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2017, 5:52 PM EDT
In force: 13 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Nash County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 5, 5:40 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Dortches, NC	TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME IN THE BROOK VALLEY MOBILE HOME PARK OFF SUNSET AVE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 1198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 3.0

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The text

As transmitted.

993 
WFUS52 KRAH 052139
TORRAH
NCC065-127-052230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0011.170605T2139Z-170605T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
539 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  East central Nash County in central North Carolina...
  Northwestern Edgecombe County in central North Carolina...

* Until 630 PM EDT
    
* At 539 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located over Dortches, or near Rocky Mount, moving east at 15
  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...
  Rocky Mount, Dortches, Red Oak, Sharpsburg, Battleboro, Tar River
  Reservoir and Kingsboro.

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 3588 7791 3606 7791 3610 7761 3583 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 272DEG 14KT 3597 7785 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

271 
WWUS52 KRAH 052145
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
545 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

NCC065-127-052230-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170605T2230Z/
Nash NC-Edgecombe NC-
545 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL NASH AND NORTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTIES...
    
At 545 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Rocky Mount, moving east at 15 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...
Rocky Mount, Dortches, Battleboro and Kingsboro. 

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 3593 7786 3604 7786 3610 7761 3583 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2145Z 272DEG 14KT 3597 7783 

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

$$

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154 
WWUS52 KRAH 052152
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
552 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

NCC065-127-052202-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-170605T2230Z/
Nash NC-Edgecombe NC-
552 PM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL NASH AND NORTHWESTERN
EDGECOMBE COUNTIES 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 3593 7786 3604 7786 3610 7761 3583 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 272DEG 14KT 3597 7780 

$$

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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 4, 8:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Anson	44 min
Jun 4, 8:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	42 min
Jun 4, 8:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	47 min
Jun 4, 9:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	45 min
Jun 4, 9:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax, Nash	53 min
Jun 5, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	59 min
Jun 5, 12:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	28 min
Jun 5, 12:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	26 min
Jun 5, 12:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	34 min
Jun 5, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Granville	38 min
Jun 5, 1:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Orange	64 min
Jun 5, 1:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	28 min
Jun 5, 1:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	29 min
Jun 5, 1:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin	38 min
Jun 5, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	50 min
Jun 5, 1:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	32 min
Jun 5, 2:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	48 min
Jun 5, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	61 min
Jun 5, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	53 min
Jun 5, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	51 min
Jun 5, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	60 min
Jun 5, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	65 min
Jun 5, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	29 min
Jun 5, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	66 min
Jun 5, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	58 min
Jun 5, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	56 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	3 hr
Jun 5, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	61 min
Jun 5, 6:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham, Randolph	66 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.