Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 8:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 23 min |
| Mar 8, 8:53 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Moore | 100 min |
| Mar 8, 9:00 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 98 min |
| Mar 8, 9:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 37 min |
| Mar 8, 9:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 9:27 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| Mar 8, 9:44 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson | 49 min |
| Mar 8, 9:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 31 min |
| Mar 8, 10:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 26 min |
| Mar 8, 10:08 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 52 min |
| Mar 8, 10:13 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 32 min |
| Mar 8, 10:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 35 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.