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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 14, 2006Chatham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 7:43 PM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 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
May 14, 2006, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chatham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 14, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
May 14, 2:47 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2006-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2006-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KRAH 142343
TORRAH
NCC037-150000-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0013.060514T2343Z-060515T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
743 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 741 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONCURE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHEAST
  OF SANFORD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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 3555 7904 3558 7905 3563 7910 3565 7910
      3565 7910 3568 7898 3560 7900 3558 7898
      3558 7893 3557 7893 3552 7898

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 7:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville42 min
May 14, 8:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville28 min
May 14, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford28 min
May 14, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance26 min
May 14, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford30 min
May 14, 1:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Randolph43 min
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson31 min
May 14, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance30 min
May 14, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond21 min
May 14, 2:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore51 min
May 14, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Orange48 min
May 14, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson15 min
May 14, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford, Randolph30 min
May 14, 2:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee24 min
May 14, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett31 min
May 14, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville40 min
May 14, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance33 min
May 14, 2:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHPerson44 min
May 14, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake43 min
May 14, 2:54 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDavidson, Stanly41 min
May 14, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Vance43 min
May 14, 3:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHVance23 min
May 14, 3:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHOrange24 min
May 14, 3:12 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery33 min
May 14, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Orange31 min
May 14, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake26 min
May 14, 3:41 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin19 min
May 14, 3:47 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery28 min
May 14, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDurham26 min
May 14, 3:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph23 min
May 14, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax, Nash49 min
May 14, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore47 min
May 14, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Wake28 min
May 14, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford41 min
May 14, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee28 min
May 14, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson37 min
May 14, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHPerson24 min
May 14, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance17 min
May 14, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHOrange31 min
May 14, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond25 min
May 14, 5:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHOrange16 min
May 14, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDurham28 min
May 14, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake23 min
May 14, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Vance36 min
May 14, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin51 min
May 14, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin25 min
May 14, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham16 min
May 14, 6:48 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHChatham27 min
May 14, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake40 min
May 14, 6:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin, Nash47 min
May 14, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee19 min
May 14, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHLee35 min
May 14, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake29 min
May 14, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe46 min
May 14, 7:57 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHHarnett33 min
May 14, 7:58 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWake32 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.