Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 4:53 PM EDT for Guilford County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Sep 14, 2007, 4:53 PM EDT (20:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 5:24 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Guilford County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 384 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 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 142052
TORRAH
NCC081-142200-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0011.070914T2053Z-070914T2200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
453 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
GUILFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER HIGH POINT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO...
LAKE TOWNSEND...
MCLEANSVILLE...
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.
LAT...LON 3591 7992 3592 7993 3592 8003 3593 8005
3606 8004 3608 8003 3626 7971 3607 7956
3590 7967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 237DEG 16KT 3600 7996
$$
JO2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KRAH 142113
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
512 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC081-142200-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070914T2200Z/
GUILFORD NC-
512 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR GUILFORD
COUNTY...
AT 509 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANT GARDEN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF
RANDLEMAN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CLIMAX.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3591 7992 3592 7993 3592 8003 3593 8005
3606 8004 3608 8003 3626 7971 3607 7956
3590 7967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2112Z 252DEG 21KT 3592 7984
$$
JO000
WWUS52 KRAH 142124
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
523 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC081-142133-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-070914T2200Z/
GUILFORD NC-
523 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GUILFORD COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH WAS TRYING TO DEVELOP A TORNADO HAS WEAKENED.
LAT...LON 3591 7992 3592 7993 3592 8003 3593 8005
3606 8004 3608 8003 3626 7971 3607 7956
3590 7967
TIME...MOT...LOC 2123Z 252DEG 21KT 3594 7976
$$
JOThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 36 min |
| Sep 14, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 43 min |
| Sep 14, 3:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 52 min |
| Sep 14, 3:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| Sep 14, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 45 min |
| Sep 14, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 56 min |
| Sep 14, 4:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 31 min |
| Sep 14, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 43 min |
| Sep 14, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Sep 14, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 57 min |
| Sep 14, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 30 min |
| Sep 14, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 28 min |
| Sep 14, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
| Sep 14, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 31 min |
| Sep 14, 6:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 54 min |
| Sep 14, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 60 min |
| Sep 14, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett | 66 min |
| Sep 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 58 min |
| Sep 14, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 73 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.