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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 2025, 11:56 AM EST for Granville County, Vance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 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
- Mar 5, 2025, 11:56 AM EST (16:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2025, 12:13 PM EST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Granville County, NC, Vance County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 7:47 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 699 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 629 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 843 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
562
WFUS52 KRAH 051656
TORRAH
NCC077-181-051730-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0002.250305T1656Z-250305T1730Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1156 AM EST Wed Mar 5 2025
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Vance County in central North Carolina...
Northeastern Granville County in central North Carolina...
* Until 1230 PM EST.
* At 1155 AM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located 9 miles south of Clarksville, or 13 miles north
of Oxford, moving northeast 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.
* This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Vance and northeastern Granville Counties, including
the following locations... Steele Creek Marina & Campground,
Stovall, Bullocksville, Kerr Lake, and Tungsten.
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 3650 7832 3636 7848 3649 7865 3654 7861
3654 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1655Z 219DEG 32KT 3649 7852
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
11 follow-up statement
078
WWUS52 KRAH 051713
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
1213 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025
NCC077-181-051723-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-250305T1730Z/
Vance NC-Granville NC-
1213 PM EST Wed Mar 5 2025
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN VANCE AND NORTHEASTERN
GRANVILLE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 100 PM EST for central North
Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3650 7832 3636 7848 3649 7865 3654 7861
3654 7832
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 219DEG 32KT 3662 7839
$$
1The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 7:41 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 7:56 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 8:17 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 28 min |
| Mar 5, 8:39 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond, Stanly | 51 min |
| Mar 5, 8:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 65 min |
| Mar 5, 9:28 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, Stanly | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 9:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 55 min |
| Mar 5, 9:56 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 10:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph | 40 min |
| Mar 5, 10:22 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Person | 53 min |
| Mar 5, 10:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 62 min |
| Mar 5, 11:01 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Orange, Person and 2 more | 74 min |
| Mar 5, 11:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 38 min |
| Mar 5, 12:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 43 min |
| Mar 5, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake, Warren | 69 min |
| Mar 5, 12:12 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 22 min |
| Mar 5, 12:14 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Scotland | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 12:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Vance, Warren | 54 min |
| Mar 5, 12:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Vance, Warren | 39 min |
| Mar 5, 1:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Wake | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 1:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Warren | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 71 min |
| Mar 5, 1:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 72 min |
| Mar 5, 2:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 57 min |
| Mar 5, 2:40 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 64 min |
| Mar 5, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 51 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.