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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 8, 2005Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 8, 2005, 10:27 AM EST for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
Mar 8, 2005, 10:27 AM EST (15:27 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2005, 11:00 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 8, 8:35 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 12:00Z on 2005-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 318 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
318 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KRAH 081528
TORRAH
NCC191-081600-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0001.050308T1527Z-050308T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1027 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 1023 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR   
  STEVENS MILL...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ELROY...GOLDSBORO...
  WALNUT CREEK...

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 OR BATHROOM.
USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST
TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3541 7820 3523 7816 3522 7784 3546 7786

$$

DJF
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS52 KRAH 081538
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1037 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005

NCC191-081600-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050308T1600Z/
WAYNE NC-
1037 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR WAYNE COUNTY...

AT 1036 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELROY...MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WAYNESBORO STATE PARK...
BROGDEN...WALNUT CREEK...CLIFFS OF THE NEUSE STATE PARK AND SEVEN
SPRINGS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED 
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR 
LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

SEVERE...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH A LINE OF STORMS 
MOVING THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY.  THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BE EQUALLY 
DAMAGING.  THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF ROOF DAMAGE...
DOWNED POWER LINES...AND TREES BLOWN DOWN.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST
THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3541 7820 3523 7816 3522 7784 3546 7786

$$

DJF
000 
WWUS52 KRAH 081549
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1049 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005

NCC191-081556-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-050308T1600Z/
WAYNE NC-
1049 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED EAST OF WAYNE COUNTY AT 1045 AM.
THE THREAT OF ANY TORNADO HAS DIMINISHED.  THEREFORE...THE TORNADO 
WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  

HOWEVER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM 
EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.  MOVE TO AN INTERIOR 
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR IF THUNDERSTORMS MOVE NEARBY OR OVERHEAD.  
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

LAT...LON 3541 7820 3523 7816 3522 7784 3546 7786

$$

DJF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 8:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHOrange23 min
Mar 8, 8:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Lee, Moore100 min
Mar 8, 9:00 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Scotland98 min
Mar 8, 9:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin37 min
Mar 8, 9:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett49 min
Mar 8, 9:27 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake33 min
Mar 8, 9:44 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson49 min
Mar 8, 9:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax31 min
Mar 8, 10:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash26 min
Mar 8, 10:08 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne52 min
Mar 8, 10:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWilson32 min
Mar 8, 10:25 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe35 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2005Every tornado warning in 2005Tornadoes in 2005

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.