Another Strong, And Unwarned, Tornado: North Carolina

[Mike Smith]

This is from this afternoon. It is just incredible that this keeps happening! It has been upgraded to EF-3 and it destroyed 50,000 pallets of medicine at a Pfizer plant that heavily damaged.

Strong Tornado -- Without Advance Warning -- Strikes North Carolina

Tornado Warning Cancer Strikes Again This Time With an EF-3 Tornado We've had yet another strong tornado go unwarned -- for at least ten m...

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As always, I'm open for questions and comments.

 

[John Farley]

Mike, the link above is to KS, not NC.

 

[Mike Smith]

Thanks so much, John. It has been a long day.

 

[John Farley]

If I am reading it right, the report of the tornado went out at 1:27 with the listed time of the tornado as 12:37. So they may NOT have known the tornado was on the ground before they issued the warning. That said, I would certainly agree with you based on the radar images that the warning should have been issued sooner than it was.

 

[Mike Smith]

If I am reading it right, the report of the tornado went out at 1:27 with the listed time of the tornado as 12:37. So they may NOT have known the tornado was on the ground before they issued the warning. That said, I would certainly agree with you based on the radar images that the warning should have been issued sooner than it was.

John, you have a point. I'm going to delete that portion of my essay to be fair to the Raleigh NWS.

That said, it is nearly impossible to believe it took them more than an hour to confirm there had been a tornado! What do these people do all day??

 

[Randy Jennings]

I looks to me like Tor Warning #6 was issued at 12:31 EDT, the LSR was at 12:37 EDT (although may have not been entered until later), and they updated Tor Waning #6 at 12:37 EDT to say it was observed and law enforcement confirmed. Survey does say it started about 12:25 EDT, so it is true that the first 6 minutes was unwarned.

 

[Mike Smith]

I looks to me like Tor Warning #6 was issued at 12:31 EDT, the LSR was at 12:37 EDT (although may have not been entered until later), and they updated Tor Waning #6 at 12:37 EDT to say it was observed and law enforcement confirmed. Survey does say it started about 12:25 EDT, so it is true that the first 6 minutes was unwarned.

Randy, I haven't seen the survey. It has not been posted on Twitter nor do I see it on their web site. Can you forward a link?

 

[Randy Jennings]

Randy, I haven't seen the survey. It has not been posted on Twitter nor do I see it on their web site. Can you forward a link?

I saw the PNS here: Text Products for PNS Issued by RAH (weather.gov) (was #3 when I looked). But since that moves, it might be easier to see it here: IEM :: PNS from NWS RAH (iastate.edu).

It is in the Damage Assessment Toolkit (noaa.gov) , but it looks like the times are the entered times and not the occurred times.

 

[Matt Zumbrunn]

I really like this gentleman's youtube channel. He does a good job breaking down the event.

 

[Jeff Wright]

I’m on blood pressure pills….any shortages?

Dashcam Shows Tornado Arrive At NC Pfizer Facility - Videos from The Weather Channel

A dashcam at the NC Pfizer facility that was struck by a recent tornado captured debris and wind damage as the storm arrived. The company confirmed that no employees were damaged, but the warehouse was heavily damaged. - Videos from The Weather Channel | weather.com

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[Mark Egan]

I really like this gentleman's youtube channel. He does a good job breaking down the event.

Cameron Nixon’s paper about MCV tornadoes referenced in the video:

Remnant MCV Tornadoes

An evolving study Background The “Surprise Tornado Outbreak” of August 24th, 2016 dealt over 40 tornado reports to the Midwest, despite not even a 2% risk of tornadoes outlined in the m…

cameronnixonphotography.wordpress.com

 

[Jeff Wright]

They were struck again recently

WATCH: Video shows EF-2 tornado moving through SC city

BAMBERG, S.C. (WBTW) — A video released Thursday by South Carolina emergency management officials shows the moment a confirmed EF-2 tornado touched down Tuesday in the city of Bamberg. Accord…

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