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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2017, 6:41 PM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 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
- May 24, 2017, 6:41 PM EDT (22:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2017, 6:53 PM EDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Nash County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 3:46 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 779 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
897
WFUS52 KRAH 242241
TORRAH
NCC127-242315-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0008.170524T2241Z-170524T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
641 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Nash County in central North Carolina...
* Until 715 PM EDT
* At 641 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Bailey, or 7 miles southwest of
Nashville, moving north at 35 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, Nashville, Dortches, Red Oak, Spring Hope, Whitakers,
Castalia, Battleboro, Aventon and Tar River Reservoir.
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 3618 7798 3619 7797 3618 7795 3619 7794
3618 7793 3619 7792 3617 7792 3616 7790
3614 7789 3614 7778 3616 7775 3613 7772
3615 7770 3611 7771 3603 7776 3581 7799
3584 7815 3620 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 199DEG 29KT 3587 7804
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
771 follow-up statement
270
WWUS52 KRAH 242253
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
653 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
NCC127-242303-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-170524T2315Z/
Nash NC-
653 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NASH COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for central
North Carolina.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Raleigh.
LAT...LON 3618 7798 3619 7797 3618 7795 3619 7794
3618 7793 3619 7792 3617 7792 3616 7790
3614 7789 3614 7778 3616 7775 3613 7772
3615 7770 3611 7771 3603 7776 3581 7799
3584 7815 3620 7801
TIME...MOT...LOC 2251Z 199DEG 29KT 3596 7800
$$
77The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:44 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Davidson, Davie | 25 hr |
| May 24, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Cumberland, Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 2 more | 96 min |
| May 24, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 78 min |
| May 24, 4:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 65 min |
| May 24, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 52 min |
| May 24, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 48 min |
| May 24, 5:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 40 min |
| May 24, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 45 min |
| May 24, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Randolph, Stanly | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Warren | 68 min |
| May 24, 6:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 54 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 65 min |
| May 24, 7:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 23 min |
| May 24, 7:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 23 min |
| May 24, 7:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 55 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.