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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Raleigh, NC

October 25, 2021Guilford County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 25, 2021, 7:05 PM EDT for Guilford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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: Oct 25, 2021, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Oct 25, 2021, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

County Guilford County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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
Oct 25, 6:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 17 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: 98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

415 
WFUS52 KRAH 252305
TORRAH
NCC081-252330-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0022.211025T2305Z-211025T2330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
705 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Guilford County in central North Carolina...

* Until 730 PM EDT.
    
* At 705 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located 9 miles southwest of Bethany, or 10 miles northwest of
  Greensboro, moving east at 45 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...
  Greensboro around 710 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Haw
River State Park, Lake Townsend Marina, Lake Townsend, Lake Jeanette
Marina and Monticello.

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 3625 7966 3617 7960 3610 8001 3626 8004
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 251DEG 38KT 3620 7994 

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

$$

Kren

2 follow-up statements

928 
WWUS52 KRAH 252313
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
713 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

NCC081-252330-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-211025T2330Z/
Guilford NC-
713 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GUILFORD COUNTY...
    
At 712 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles south of Bethany, or 9 miles north of Greensboro,
moving east 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.

This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northern Guilford County, including the following locations... Haw
River State Park, Lake Townsend Marina, Lake Townsend, Lake Jeanette
Marina and Monticello.

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 3625 7966 3617 7960 3611 7993 3625 7996
TIME...MOT...LOC 2312Z 251DEG 19KT 3621 7986 

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

$$

Kren

707 
WWUS52 KRAH 252319
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
719 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

NCC081-252330-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0022.000000T0000Z-211025T2330Z/
Guilford NC-
719 PM EDT Mon Oct 25 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GUILFORD COUNTY...
    
At 719 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Monroeton, or 9 miles north of Greensboro, moving
east 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...
Greensboro, Summerfield, Haw River State Park, Lake Townsend Marina,
Lake Townsend, Lake Jeanette Marina, Monticello and Lake Brandt.

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 3625 7966 3617 7960 3612 7986 3625 7990
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 263DEG 31KT 3621 7979 

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

$$

Kren

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 25, 8:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	45 min
Oct 25, 10:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wake	48 min
Oct 25, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	55 min
Oct 25, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth, Guilford	48 min
Oct 25, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	48 min
Oct 25, 7:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance	33 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.