Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 22, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2004, 2:41 PM EDT for Richmond County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2004, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
514
WFUS52 KRAH 071841
TORRAH
NCC153-165-071915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
239 PM EDT TUE SEP 7 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EXTREME WEST SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 239 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER GIBSON...
OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BENNETTSVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GIBSON...
OLD HUNDRED...
HAMLET...
DOBBINS HEIGHTS...
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 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 700 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3473 7967 3473 7958 3481 7953 3503 7958
3499 7977
$$
&
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 2:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson | 38 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.