Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 6:10 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. 3 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
- Sep 14, 2007, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Harnett County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Nw Lillington, NC | PUBLIC REPORTED A BRIEF TOUCHDOWN ON SOUTH RIVER ROAD... NEAR LILLINGTON. |
| Sep 14, 6:20 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 3 Ne Lillington, NC | NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTS BY THE PUBLIC....NORTHEAST OF LILLINGTON. |
| Sep 14, 6:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Lillington, NC | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO IN LILLINGTON. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 142210
TORRAH
NCC085-142245-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0013.070914T2210Z-070914T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
610 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER LILLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUIES CREEK...
ANGIER...
COATS...
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.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
LAT...LON 3553 7871 3546 7864 3536 7857 3530 7886
3547 7893
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 250DEG 24KT 3542 7879
$$
GIHThe 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, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Guilford | 31 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, 6:29 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 |
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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.