Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2004, 2:22 PM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
- Sep 7, 2004, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2004, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 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), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 11:55 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 581 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937
WFUS52 KRAH 071822
TORRAH
NCC007-071900-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
221 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ANSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 300 PM EDT
* AT 221 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER MORVEN...OR ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WADESBORO...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LILESVILLE...
WADESBORO...
POLKTON...
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.
LAT...LON 3474 8003 3481 7992 3510 7993 3512 8028
3503 8029
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Richmond, Scotland | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 3:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 41 min |
| Sep 7, 3:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 7:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 12 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.