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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2005, 3:23 PM EDT for Person County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 4:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Person County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:42 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Ne Concord, NC | TORNADO ON GROUND NEAR CITY LAKE IN CEFFO. |
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
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 933 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KRAH 071923 TORRAH NCC145-072000- /O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0006.050707T1923Z-050707T2000Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 323 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN PERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 400 PM EDT * AT 322 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER CONCORD...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROXBORO. MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WOODSDALE... CUNNINGHAM... 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. LAT...LON 3638 7919 3634 7897 3673 7882 3678 7909 $$ WSS
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KRAH 071932 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 331 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC145-072000- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050707T2000Z/ PERSON NC- 331 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PERSON COUNTY... AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CONCORD...OR 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROXBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... WOODSDALE AND CUNNINGHAM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. LAT...LON 3640 7916 3638 7896 3673 7882 3654 7914 $$ WSS
000 WWUS52 KRAH 071945 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 344 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC145-072000- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050707T2000Z/ PERSON NC- 344 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PERSON COUNTY... AT 344 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR CEFFO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL MOVE BETWEEN CEFFO AND WOODSDALE. 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. LAT...LON 3640 7916 3638 7896 3673 7882 3654 7914 $$ WSS
000 WWUS52 KRAH 072003 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 401 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC145-072011- /O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050707T2000Z/ PERSON NC- 401 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PERSON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 400 PM EDT... THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORNADO HAS WEAKENED AND MOVED OUT OF NORTHERN PERSON COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN PIEDMONT OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3640 7916 3638 7896 3673 7882 3654 7914 $$ WSS
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, 3:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 23 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 |
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.