Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2020
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jan 12, 2020, 1:15 AM EST for Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- Jan 12, 2020, 1:15 AM EST (06:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 12, 2020, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 11:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 634 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
100
WFUS52 KRAH 120615
TORRAH
NCC163-191-120645-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0003.200112T0615Z-200112T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
115 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Wayne County in central North Carolina...
Northeastern Sampson County in central North Carolina...
* Until 145 AM EST.
* At 115 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 9 miles north of Clinton, moving northeast at 60 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Mount Olive and Mount Olive around 130 AM EST.
Goldsboro around 140 AM EST.
Walnut Creek around 145 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cliffs
Of The Neuse State Park, Hobbton, Mar-Mac, Elroy and Brogden.
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.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3524 7787 3518 7807 3519 7816 3514 7816
3506 7837 3515 7844 3544 7791 3535 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0615Z 240DEG 51KT 3514 7831
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
772 follow-up statements
078
WWUS52 KRAH 120624
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
124 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
NCC163-191-120645-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200112T0645Z/
Wayne NC-Sampson NC-
124 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR SOUTHERN
WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...
At 124 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of Mount Olive, moving northeast at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Mount Olive around 130 AM EST.
Mount Olive around 135 AM EST.
Goldsboro and Walnut Creek around 145 AM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cliffs
Of The Neuse State Park, Hobbton, Mar-Mac, Elroy and Brogden.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3524 7787 3518 7807 3519 7816 3516 7816
3511 7830 3519 7836 3544 7791 3535 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0624Z 237DEG 47KT 3520 7820
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
77044
WWUS52 KRAH 120636
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
136 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
NCC163-191-120645-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200112T0645Z/
Wayne NC-Sampson NC-
136 AM EST Sun Jan 12 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN SAMPSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 145 AM EST...
The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, damaging winds remain likely and a Severe
Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 200 AM EST for
central North Carolina. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch also remains in
effect until 500 AM EST 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 3524 7787 3518 7807 3519 7816 3516 7816
3511 7830 3519 7836 3544 7791 3535 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0635Z 240DEG 51KT 3528 7804
$$
77The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 10:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 45 min |
| Jan 11, 10:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 10:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 64 min |
| Jan 11, 11:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Lee, Moore, Scotland | 51 min |
| Jan 11, 11:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person | 79 min |
| Jan 11, 11:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Lee, Moore and 2 more | 68 min |
| Jan 11, 11:56 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 16 min |
| Jan 12, 12:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance, Warren | 75 min |
| Jan 12, 12:18 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 30 min |
| Jan 12, 12:52 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 12:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 2 more | 78 min |
| Jan 12, 2:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 28 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.