Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 7:13 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 4 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, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fuquay-Varina, NC | WIDESPREAD TREE DAMAGE WITH LARGE 6 INCH LIMBS DOWN ALL AROUND OLD HUNNEYCUT RD, PURFOY RD AND ON MAIN STREET IN FUQUAY VARINA. WIND SPEED ESTIMATED AROUND 60 MPH BY SEVERAL TRAINED SPOTTERS. |
| Sep 14, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fuquay-Varina, NC | A SPOTTER REPORTED A DOWNED TREE AND LIMBS...SUSPENDED ON POWERLINES ON ACADEMY STREET. |
| Sep 14, 7:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 S Garner, NC | PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO WITH DEBRIS AT OLD STAGE ROAD AND ROCK SERVICE ROAD. |
| Sep 14, 7:42 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Fuquay-Varina, NC | A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TREE DOWN ACROSS VANCE STREET IN FUQUAY VARINA. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 142313
TORRAH
NCC183-142345-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0017.070914T2313Z-070914T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
713 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER FUQUAY-VARINA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF
LILLINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARNER...
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 3554 7875 3557 7890 3563 7894 3577 7835
3570 7845 3569 7848 3553 7870 3553 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 260DEG 25KT 3559 7878
$$
JO1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KRAH 142345
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
744 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC183-142354-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-070914T2345Z/
WAKE NC-
744 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 745 PM
EDT...
THE STORMS HAVE MOVES EAST INTO JOHNSTON COUNTY. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF
WIND DAMAGE AND A COUPLE OF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WERE REPORTED IN
SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY FROM FUQUAY-VARINA EAST TO THE JOHNSTON COUNTY
LINE.
LAT...LON 3554 7875 3557 7890 3563 7894 3577 7835
3570 7845 3569 7848 3553 7870 3553 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2344Z 260DEG 25KT 3563 7852
$$
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, 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, 6:10 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, 7:32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.