Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 15, 2007, 2:06 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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
- Apr 15, 2007, 2:06 PM EDT (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2007, 2:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 8:08 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:42 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 510 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KRAH 151808 TORRAH NCC085-151830- /O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0002.070415T1806Z-070415T1830Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 206 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LILLINGTON... * UNTIL 230 PM EDT * AT 200 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PINEVIEW OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... PINEVIEW AROUND 210 PM EDT... LILLINGTON BY 225 PM EDT... ANGIER BY 230 PM EDT... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3530 7919 3519 7910 3548 7865 3558 7892 $$ 13
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS52 KRAH 151821 SVSRAH SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 220 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 NCC085-151830- /O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070415T1830Z/ HARNETT NC- 220 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT FOR HARNETT COUNTY... AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF ANGIER OR ABOUT MILES NORTHEAST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR ANGIER AROUND 225 PM. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3530 7919 3519 7910 3548 7865 3558 7892 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 9:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 23 min |
| Apr 15, 9:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 39 min |
| Apr 15, 10:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 27 min |
| Apr 15, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 2:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 25 min |
| Apr 15, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 2:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 35 min |
| Apr 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 37 min |
| Apr 15, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 33 min |
| Apr 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 3:55 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 25 more | 20 hr |
| Apr 15, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 6:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 34 min |
| Apr 15, 7:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 3 hr |
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.