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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 27, 2000Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 27, 2000, 6:13 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2000, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Wayne County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 6:20 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Goldsboro, NC	Dime size hail and winds of 50 mph were reported near Seymour-Johnson AFB.
May 27, 6:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 58 E	Hookerton, NC	Numerous trees blown down.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 2:45 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 27, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 110 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 87 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.

309 
WFUS52 KRAH 272214
TORRDU
NCC191-272245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
613 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 613 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BROGDEN...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT OLIVE...
  MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
   ELROY AT 620 PM EDT

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3536 7813 3518 7809 3525 7753 3547 7759

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	42 min
May 27, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	31 min
May 27, 4:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	33 min
May 27, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Randolph	46 min
May 27, 4:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	31 min
May 27, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	52 min
May 27, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	30 min
May 27, 6:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	29 min
May 27, 6:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	33 min
May 27, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	28 min

Nearby

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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.