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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 15, 1996Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 1996, 7:01 PM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 1996, 7:01 PM EDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 1996, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Nash County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1996-04-15Temperature 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 1996-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 152304
TORRDU
NCC127-160000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
701 PM EDT MON APR 15 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NASH COUNTY
 
AT 700 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM ENTERING
NASH COUNTY NORTHEAST OF BUNN. FRANKLIN COUNTY EMERGENCY OFFICIALS
LATEST REPORTS INDICATED THAT THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE
STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED DAMAGE IN WAKE COUNTY.
 
PEOPLE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD ACT NOW TO PROTECT THEIR
LIVES. GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM OR CLOSET.
COVER YOUR HEAD. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES
AND VEHICLES AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH.  REPORT DAMAGE
TO EMERGENCY O2FFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 12:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke47 min
Apr 15, 12:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash42 min
Apr 15, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett46 min
Apr 15, 1:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland32 min
Apr 15, 2:02 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett28 min
Apr 15, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston36 min
Apr 15, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland39 min
Apr 15, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake29 min
Apr 15, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake29 min
Apr 15, 6:22 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin38 min
Apr 15, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett29 min
Apr 15, 6:41 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake34 min
Apr 15, 6:50 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin40 min
Apr 15, 7:30 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHalifax45 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.