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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC

November 11, 2002Wake County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 11, 2002, 9:40 AM EST for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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: Nov 11, 2002, 9:40 AM EST (14:40 UTC)
Expired: Nov 11, 2002, 10:15 AM EST
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Wake County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Nov 11, 10:00 AM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 50 E	Rolesville, NC	Several trees were 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
Nov 11, 6:35 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 117 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: 1142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 6.4

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The text

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

724 
WFUS52 KRAH 111440
TORRAH
NCC183-111515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
940 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1015 AM EST

* AT 940 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER NEW HILL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CARY...MOVING
  EAST AT 50 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE...  
  SOUTH RALEIGH
  GARNER
  HOLLY SPRINGS

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

$$

LAT...LON 3574 7897 3557 7888 3574 7837 3592 7857

DGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 11, 7:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Forsyth	37 min
Nov 11, 8:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	34 min
Nov 11, 8:44 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	46 min
Nov 11, 8:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond	45 min
Nov 11, 8:57 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	48 min
Nov 11, 9:11 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Scotland	49 min
Nov 11, 9:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Orange	30 min
Nov 11, 9:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett	55 min
Nov 11, 9:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	50 min
Nov 11, 9:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	49 min
Nov 11, 9:52 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	38 min
Nov 11, 10:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	41 min
Nov 11, 10:19 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	41 min
Nov 11, 10:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	30 min
Nov 11, 10:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	26 min
Nov 11, 10:35 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	40 min
Nov 11, 10:49 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	26 min
Nov 11, 10:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	32 min
Nov 11, 11:18 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	12 min
Nov 11, 11:18 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	12 min
Nov 11, 11:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	21 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.