Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 18, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2004, 2:48 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2004, 2:48 PM EDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Anson County, NC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KRAH 291848 TORRAH NCC007-291915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 248 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 315 PM EDT * AT 248 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER MCFARLAN...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHERAW... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LONG PINE... MINERAL SPRINGS... PEACHLAND...WHITE STORE... 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. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS AS FLYING DEBRIS GENERATED BY TORNADIC WINDS CAN BE DEADLY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3471 7994 3487 7984 3515 8042 3495 8055 $$ 04
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 12:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 22 min |
| Aug 29, 12:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 12:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.