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Tornado Warning 53, NWS Raleigh, NC

October 13, 2004Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2004, 8:16 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
Oct 13, 2004, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
Expired
Oct 13, 2004, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 144 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2004-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2004-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KRAH 140016
TORRAH
NCC065-195-140045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
816 PM EDT WED OCT 13 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER ELM CITY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF WILSON...MOVING
  EAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHARPSBURG...
  TOWN CREEK...
  WILLBANKS...

TORNADOES ARE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE HARD TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW IF A BASEMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3590 7800 3572 7802 3566 7760 3589 7758

$$

WSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 13, 8:45 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe45 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.