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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 8, 2021Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 12:31 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 15 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: Jul 8, 2021, 12:31 PM EDT (16:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2021, 12:46 PM EDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:31 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:35 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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: 2167 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

862 
WFUS52 KRAH 081631
TORRAH
NCC065-195-081700-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0020.210708T1631Z-210708T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1231 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Edgecombe County in central North Carolina...
  Northeastern Wilson County in central North Carolina...

* Until 100 PM EDT.
    
* At 1231 PM EDT, a tornado producing storm was located near
  Farmville, moving north at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

  SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

  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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Edgecombe and northeastern Wilson Counties, including
  the following locations... Macclesfield and Pinetops.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3569 7763 3565 7770 3587 7782 3591 7760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 168DEG 30KT 3567 7767 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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2 follow-up statements

067 
WWUS52 KRAH 081641
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1241 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

NCC065-195-081700-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210708T1700Z/
Edgecombe NC-Wilson NC-
1241 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE AND NORTHEASTERN WILSON COUNTIES...
        
At 1240 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located 10 miles southeast of
Elm City, or 11 miles northwest of Farmville, moving north at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Damaging tornado.

SOURCE...Radar confirmed tornado.

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...
Pinetops and Macclesfield. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. 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 3573 7764 3570 7771 3587 7782 3591 7760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1640Z 168DEG 30KT 3575 7769 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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915 
WWUS52 KRAH 081646
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1246 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

NCC065-195-081656-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210708T1700Z/
Edgecombe NC-Wilson NC-
1246 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE AND NORTHEASTERN
WILSON 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.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM EDT for central North
Carolina.

LAT...LON 3573 7764 3570 7771 3587 7782 3591 7760
TIME...MOT...LOC 1644Z 168DEG 30KT 3580 7770 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 8, 8:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland	77 min
Jul 8, 8:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke, Sampson	3 hr
Jul 8, 9:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	78 min
Jul 8, 10:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	90 min
Jul 8, 11:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	28 min
Jul 8, 11:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Wake, Wayne	3 hr
Jul 8, 11:54 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Franklin, Nash	36 min
Jul 8, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson	83 min
Jul 8, 12:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	32 min
Jul 8, 1:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Wake	3 hr
Jul 8, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Edgecombe	49 min
Jul 8, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Nash, Vance, Wake, Warren	70 min
Jul 8, 2:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Johnston, Wake, Wayne	119 min
Jul 8, 3:07 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Wake	2 hr
Jul 8, 3:31 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake and 1 more	2 hr
Jul 8, 5:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	45 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	27 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.