Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2004, 12:40 PM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 4, 2004, 12:40 PM EDT (16:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2004, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
006 WFUS52 KRAH 041640 TORRAH NCC195-041745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1240 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EASTERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 145 PM EDT * AT 1240 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER BLACK CREEK...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSBORO... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING TORNADOES * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DRIVERS STORE...SARATOGA... WILLBANKS... 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH. LAT...LON 3559 7801 3559 7790 3568 7767 3580 7777 $$ DGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 11:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 11:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 12:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 1:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 23 min |
| Jun 4, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 1:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne, Wilson | 95 min |
| Jun 4, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Lee | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Johnston | 3 hr |
| Jun 4, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 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.