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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Raleigh, NC

December 7, 1996Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Dec 7, 1996, 5:13 PM EST for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 7, 1996, 5:13 PM EST (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Dec 7, 1996, 5:30 PM EST
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Sampson County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 7, 5:15 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Harrells, NC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1996-12-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1996-12-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 072216 RRA
TORRDU
NCC163-072230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
513 PM EST SAT DEC 7 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 510 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN
BLADEN COUNTY MOVING EAST INTO SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY. THERE HAVE BEEN
REPORTS OF TORNADOES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. AREAS
ALONG HIGHWAY 41 AND HIGHWAY 411 SOUTH OF GARLAND AND HIGHWAY 421 NEAR
HARRELS ARE MOST LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM BY 530 PM.
 
TORNADOES IN THE SOUTH ARE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF RAIN, HAZE, LOW
CLOUDS AND TREES. OFTEN YOUR ONLY WARNING MAY BE A LOUD ROARING
SOUND AND FLYING DEBRIS. BUT THAT MAY BE TOO LATE. TAKE COVER NOW!
WHEN SAFE TO DO SO, REPORT DAMAGES TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS PROMPTLY.
 
 
 
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.