Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 2:39 PM EDT for Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Forsyth County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 141838
TORRAH
NCC067-141915-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0005.070914T1839Z-070914T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
239 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
FORSYTH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STANLEYVILLE...
SEDGE GARDEN...
WALKERTOWN...
KERNERSVILLE...
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 3627 8031 3627 8029 3626 8028 3626 8014
3610 8003 3599 8030 3611 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 241DEG 20KT 3612 8027
$$
WSS3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KRAH 141850
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
246 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC067-141915-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070914T1915Z/
FORSYTH NC-
246 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR FORSYTH
COUNTY...
AT 245 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO. RADAR INDICATED THAT A POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR WINSTON-SALEM...JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE...WALKERTOWN AND
KERNERSVILLE. PEOPLE NORTH AND EAST OF WINSTON-SALEM NEED TO TAKE
SHELTER NOW.
FORSYTH COUNTY 911 REPORTED SLIDING OFF A FEW HOMES ON THE WEST-
SOUTHWEST SIDE OF WINSTON-SALEM AT 236 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3627 8031 3627 8029 3626 8028 3626 8014
3610 8003 3599 8030 3611 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1846Z 241DEG 20KT 3614 8023
$$
WSS000
WWUS52 KRAH 141856
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
256 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC067-141915-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070914T1915Z/
FORSYTH NC-
256 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR FORSYTH
COUNTY...
AT 253 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WALKERTOWN...OR
ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF WINSTON-SALEM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST FORSYTH COUNTY NEED TO TAKE COVER NOW
LAT...LON 3627 8031 3627 8029 3626 8028 3626 8014
3610 8003 3599 8030 3611 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 242DEG 21KT 3617 8015
$$
WSS000
WWUS52 KRAH 141918
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
318 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC067-141928-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-070914T1915Z/
FORSYTH NC-
318 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR FORSYTH COUNTY EXPIRES AT 315 PM EDT...
THE WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS THE STORM HAS EXITED
NORTHERN FORSYTH.
LAT...LON 3627 8031 3627 8029 3626 8028 3626 8014
3610 8003 3599 8030 3611 8047
TIME...MOT...LOC 1856Z 242DEG 21KT 3617 8015
$$
WSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 7:13 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.