Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 2:54 PM EDT for Davidson County, Stanly 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
- May 14, 2006, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2006, 3:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Davidson County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 3:07 PM EDT | HAIL 2.5 | Richfield, NC | TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR RICHFIELD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| May 14, 2:47 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 129 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 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 141853
TORRAH
NCC057-167-141945-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0001.060514T1854Z-060514T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
254 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN STANLY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 345 PM EDT
* AT 247 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 10 MILES
WEST OF RICHFIELD...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF CONCORD...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RICHFIELD...
NEW LONDON...HIGH ROCK...
NEWSOM...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN A SMALL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM OR IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO PROTECT YOUR BODY FROM
FLYING DEBRIS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3543 8033 3549 8030 3549 8018 3547 8016
3547 8012 3551 8015 3551 8018 3562 8025
3563 8007 3551 8008 3549 8013 3542 8010
$$
231 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KRAH 141935
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
333 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
NCC057-167-141943-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-060514T1945Z/
STANLY NC-DAVIDSON NC-
333 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DAVIDSON AND NORTHEASTERN
STANLY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RECEIVED REPORTS OF TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM AS IT
PASSED ACROSS NORTHERN STANLEY COUNTY. PLEASE PASS ANY OTHER
REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3543 8033 3549 8030 3549 8018 3547 8016
3547 8012 3551 8015 3551 8018 3562 8025
3563 8007 3551 8008 3549 8013 3542 8010
$$
23The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 7:48 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 42 min |
| May 14, 8:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 28 min |
| May 14, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 28 min |
| May 14, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 26 min |
| May 14, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 30 min |
| May 14, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 43 min |
| May 14, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 31 min |
| May 14, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 30 min |
| May 14, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 21 min |
| May 14, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 51 min |
| May 14, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 48 min |
| May 14, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 15 min |
| May 14, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 30 min |
| May 14, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 24 min |
| May 14, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 31 min |
| May 14, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 40 min |
| May 14, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 33 min |
| May 14, 2:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 44 min |
| May 14, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 43 min |
| May 14, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance | 43 min |
| May 14, 3:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 23 min |
| May 14, 3:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 24 min |
| May 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 14, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 31 min |
| May 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 26 min |
| May 14, 3:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 19 min |
| May 14, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 28 min |
| May 14, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham | 26 min |
| May 14, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 23 min |
| May 14, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 49 min |
| May 14, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 47 min |
| May 14, 4:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 28 min |
| May 14, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 41 min |
| May 14, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 28 min |
| May 14, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 37 min |
| May 14, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 24 min |
| May 14, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 17 min |
| May 14, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 31 min |
| May 14, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 25 min |
| May 14, 5:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 16 min |
| May 14, 5:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham | 28 min |
| May 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 23 min |
| May 14, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 36 min |
| May 14, 6:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 51 min |
| May 14, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 25 min |
| May 14, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 16 min |
| May 14, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 27 min |
| May 14, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| May 14, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 47 min |
| May 14, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 19 min |
| May 14, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 35 min |
| May 14, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 29 min |
| May 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 17 min |
| May 14, 7:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 46 min |
| May 14, 7:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 33 min |
| May 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 32 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.