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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 24, 2017Edgecombe County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2017, 7:22 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 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, 7:22 PM EDT (23:22 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2017, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Edgecombe County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

259 
WFUS52 KRAH 242322
TORRAH
NCC065-242345-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0009.170524T2322Z-170524T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
722 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

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

* Until 745 PM EDT
    
* At 722 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 7 miles east of Tarboro, 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...
  Tarboro, Princeville and Speed. 

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 3582 7735 3583 7739 3583 7741 3582 7742
      3590 7753 3603 7747 3603 7746 3602 7744
      3600 7743 3600 7741 3599 7741 3590 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 212DEG 17KT 3591 7743 

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

$$

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2 follow-up statements

769 
WWUS52 KRAH 242326
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
726 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

NCC065-242345-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170524T2345Z/
Edgecombe NC-
726 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL EDGECOMBE COUNTY...
    
At 726 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles east of Tarboro, 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...
Speed.

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 3583 7739 3583 7741 3591 7750 3602 7744
      3600 7743 3600 7741 3599 7741 3590 7734
      3582 7735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 212DEG 17KT 3593 7742 

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

$$

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308 
WWUS52 KRAH 242339
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
739 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

NCC065-242348-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170524T2345Z/
Edgecombe NC-
739 PM EDT WED MAY 24 2017

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EDGECOMBE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 745 PM EDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
Edgecombe County. Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.

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 3583 7739 3583 7741 3591 7750 3602 7744
      3600 7743 3600 7741 3599 7741 3590 7734
      3582 7735
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 212DEG 17KT 3598 7738 

$$

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The 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, 6:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Nash	12 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, 7:32 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.