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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 14, 2006Durham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2006, 5:47 PM EDT for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. 2 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: May 14, 2006, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2006, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Durham County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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, 6:03 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	1 N Durham, NC	REPORT FROM THE PUBLIC OF GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILE NORTH OF DURHAM ON CLUB BLVD
May 14, 6:10 PM EDT	TORNADO	Gorman, NC	TORNADO CAPTUED IN VIDEO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE DURHAM GRANVILLE COUNTY LINE NEAR GORMAN.

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 23 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KRAH 142147
TORRAH
NCC063-142215-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0007.060514T2147Z-060514T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 545 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF DURHAM...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF
  HILLSBOROUGH...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GORMAN...

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.


LAT...LON 3616 7896 3597 7900 3596 7877 3617 7882

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 142203
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
602 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

NCC063-142215-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-060514T2215Z/
DURHAM NC-
602 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
DURHAM COUNTY...

AT 600 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR GORMAN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF DURHAM...MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS STORM IS ALSO LIKELY PRODUCING HAIL NEAR ONE 
INCH IN DIAMETER.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3616 7896 3597 7900 3596 7877 3617 7882

$$

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at May 14, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 4:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
405 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
GRIDS/FORECAST WILL BE LATE DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY. HOPE TO
BE COMPLETED NO LATER THAN 530 PM EDT.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...

&&

.AVIATION...

&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...RHJ/WSS
LONG TERM...WSS
AVIATION...RHJ

Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 6:07 AM EDT, 11 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
607 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-151015-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-
WAKE-JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-
ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
607 AM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND A
STRONG JET STREAM ALOFT ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL ENERGIZE
A COLD FRONT AS IT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON AND
CROSSES CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THIS WILL ADD TO AN
ALREADY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND INCREASE THE THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY OCCURRING
EARLY TODAY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. BUT A MORE VIGOROUS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO FORM TO OUR WEST AND SOUTHWEST EARLY
AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE PIEDMONT BEFORE 5 PM AND
THROUGH THE SANDHILLS AND COASTAL PLAIN BEFORE 8 PM THIS EVENING.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY WILL BE LARGE HAIL. STRONG...DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE...MAINLY IN THE SOUTHERN HALF...INCLUDING THE
SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA MAINLY BETWEEN 100 PM AND 800 PM. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED
TO REPORT THREATENING WEATHER OF ANY KIND TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 14, 5:12 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
512 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0455 PM     HAIL             BURLINGTON              36.09N 79.44W
05/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       ALAMANCE           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN NORTH BURLINGTON ON WEST OLD
            RD. AND LAKE SIDE RD.

&&

BSD

Local storm report, May 14, 5:16 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
516 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 PM     HAIL             GREENSBORO              36.08N 79.83W
05/14/2006  E1.75 INCH       GUILFORD           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR LAKE JEANETTE.

&&

BSD

Local storm report, May 14, 5:22 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
522 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     HAIL             7 WSW ROXBORO           36.36N 79.10W
05/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       PERSON             NC   ASOS

            PENNY HAIL HURDLE MILLS IN SOUTH PERSON COUNTY

&&

REU

Local storm report, May 14, 5:28 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
528 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0520 PM     HAIL             EFLAND                  36.06N 79.17W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       ORANGE             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER ON HIGH ROCK RD
            NORTH OF EFLAND NEAR LEBENON CHURCH RD.

&&

REU

Local storm report, May 14, 5:36 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
536 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     HAIL             1 N CREEDMOOR           36.14N 78.69W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       GRANVILLE          NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NORTH OF CREEDMOOR NEAR HWY
            50.

&&

BSD

Local storm report, May 14, 5:42 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
542 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0225 PM     HAIL             BROADWAY                35.46N 79.05W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       LEE                NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL BRAODWAY

0225 PM     HAIL             BROADWAY                35.46N 79.05W
05/14/2006  E1.00 INCH       LEE                NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN BROADWAY

&&
QUARTER SIZED HAIL BROADWAY

REU

The 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, 2:54 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Davidson, Stanly	41 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, 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

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.