Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jan 6, 2007, 12:34 AM EST for Halifax County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
- Jan 6, 2007, 12:34 AM EST (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 6, 2007, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Halifax County, NC, Warren County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:34 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 685 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KRAH 060533
TORRAH
NCC083-185-060600-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0001.070106T0534Z-070106T0600Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1234 AM EST SAT JAN 6 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 100 AM EST
* AT 1225 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ARCOLA...OR ABOUT 14 MILES EAST OF
LOUISBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AIRLIE...
LITTLETON...
ROSEMARY...
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 100 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3621 7803 3622 7812 3624 7812 3651 7791
3647 7778 3647 7766 3646 7765 3618 7792
3619 7797 3618 7798
$$
232 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KRAH 060551
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1244 AM EST SAT JAN 6 2007
NCC185-060554-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0600Z/
WARREN NC-
1244 AM EST SAT JAN 6 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS MOVED EAST OF WARREN COUNTY...OVER WESTERN HALIFAX
COUNTY...ALONG OF STATE ROAD 561. AS A RESULT THE TORNADO WARNING
FOR WARREN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE MOVING INTO WARREN COUNTY THROUGH 6 AM. PLEASE STAY TUNE TO
NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATEST FORECAST OR WARNINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3621 7799 3628 7794 3635 7792 3650 7791
3647 7779 3647 7766 3646 7765 3643 7767
3620 7790 3619 7798
$$
NCC083-060600-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0600Z/
HALIFAX NC-
1244 AM EST SAT JAN 6 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY...
AT 1238 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AIRLIE...OR ALONG
STATE ROAD 561...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THIS IS A DANGEROUS
STORM.
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 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3621 7799 3628 7794 3635 7792 3650 7791
3647 7779 3647 7766 3646 7765 3643 7767
3620 7790 3619 7798
$$
23000
WWUS52 KRAH 060606
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
101 AM EST SAT JAN 6 2007
NCC083-060611-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070106T0600Z/
HALIFAX NC-
101 AM EST SAT JAN 6 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY EXPIRES AT 100
AM EST...
THE STORM THAT RESULTED IN A TORNADO WARNING FOR WESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY
HAS MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE COUNTY. AS A RESULT THE TORNADO WARNING HAS
EXPIRED. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS HALIFAX COUNTY
THROUGH 4AM. PLEASE STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR THE LATEST FORECAST OR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST SATURDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3621 7799 3628 7794 3635 7792 3650 7791
3647 7779 3647 7766 3646 7765 3643 7767
3620 7790 3619 7798
$$
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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.