Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2005, 3:22 PM EDT for Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 min. 7 reports 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, 3:22 PM EDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Forsyth County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lewisville, NC | NC DOT REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
| Jul 7, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Lewisville, NC | TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 421...ON REYNOLDS ROAD...AND ON LOBLOLLY DRIVE. A TREE ALSO FELL ON A HOUSE. |
| Jul 7, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pfafftown, NC | AT LEAST ONE TREE DOWN ON YADKINVILLE ROAD. |
| Jul 7, 3:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tobaccoville, NC | TREES DOWN ON BOILING SPRINGS ROAD AND ON RIDGE ROAD. |
| Jul 7, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Tobaccoville, NC | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG NC-67 IN TOBACCOVILLE. |
| Jul 7, 3:40 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 0 | Tobaccoville, NC | NUMEROUS TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG NC-67 IN TOBACCOVILLE. |
| Jul 7, 3:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | Rural Hall, NC | TORNADO REPORTED BY EMS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AT HIGHWAY 52 AND WESTINGHOUSE ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 9:00 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KRAH 071922 TORRAH NCC067-071945- /O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0005.050707T1922Z-050707T1945Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 345 PM EDT * AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER LEWISVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF WINSTON-SALEM. MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... PFAFFTOWN... RURAL HALL...TOBACCOVILLE... 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3607 8051 3598 8039 3625 8013 3625 8044 $$ DGS
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KRAH 071931 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 330 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC067-071945- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-050707T1945Z/ FORSYTH NC- 330 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR WESTERN FORSYTH COUNTY... AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR LEWISVILLE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PFAFFTOWN BY 335 PM EDT STANLEYVILLE...TOBACCOVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DONNAHA BY 340 PM EDT RURAL HALL AND 7 MILES WEST OF DENNIS BY 345 PM EDT HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3607 8051 3598 8039 3625 8013 3625 8044 $$ DGS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 1:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 15 min |
| Jul 7, 3:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 40 min |
| Jul 7, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 116 min |
| Jul 7, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance | 19 min |
| Jul 7, 5:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 30 min |
| Jul 7, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jul 7, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 27 min |
| Jul 7, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 50 min |
| Jul 7, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 36 min |
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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.