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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 7, 2005Harnett County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2005, 8:24 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2005, 8:24 PM EDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2005, 9:05 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Harnett County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 7, 8:53 PM EDT	TORNADO	Cokesbury, NC	TORNADO REPORTED IN COKESBURRY BY THE PUBLIC AND RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 605 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 414 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.6
Supercell composite: 6.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KRAH 080023
TORRAH
NCC085-080115-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0010.050708T0024Z-050708T0115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
824 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWEST HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 822 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SEMINOLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF SANFORD. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEMINOLE...
  RAVEN ROCK STATE PARK...
  COKESBURY...
  DUNCAN...
  ANGIER...

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.

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 3540 7909 3536 7910 3552 7870 3558 7892

$$

DGS

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 080039
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
839 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCC085-080115-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050708T0115Z/
HARNETT NC-
839 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
HARNETT COUNTY...

AT 838 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR SEMINOLE...OR
ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RAVEN ROCK STATE PARK BY 850 PM EDT
  COKESBURY BY 855 PM EDT
  DUNCAN BY 900 PM EDT
  ANGIER BY 910 PM EDT

A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR THE LEE COUNTY 
BORDER. 

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3540 7909 3536 7910 3552 7870 3558 7892

$$

DGS

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 080105
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
905 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

NCC085-080115-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-050708T0115Z/
HARNETT NC-
905 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY THROUGH THE 
EVENING...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. 

LAT...LON 3540 7909 3536 7910 3552 7870 3558 7892

$$

DGS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Wake	41 min
Jul 7, 8:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	33 min
Jul 7, 8:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.