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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 28, 2000Cumberland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2000, 1:00 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2000, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2000, 1:30 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Cumberland County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 1:04 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 58 M	Fayetteville Arpt, NC	Gust measured at Fayetteville ASOS. Trees reported down in the area.
May 28, 1:06 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Hope Mills, NC	Tornado reported to have briefly touched down on Chicken Foot Road.

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 28, 12:30 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

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

171 
WFUS52 KRAH 281702
TORRDU
NCC051-281730-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
100 PM EDT SUN MAY 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT

* AT 100 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO SOUTH OF 
HOPE  MILLS...MOVING EAST  AT 45 MPH.

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.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...TAKE COVER

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

LAT...LON 3503 7900 3485 7888 3488 7858 3506 7870
          3508 7900 3506 7903

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 9:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax, Warren	41 min
May 27, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	38 min
May 27, 9:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Vance	38 min
May 28, 12:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	49 min
May 28, 1:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	30 min
May 28, 1:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	49 min
May 28, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	41 min
May 28, 7:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance	26 min
May 28, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery	9 min
May 28, 7:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.