Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 14, 2007, 3:30 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2007, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Cumberland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:31 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 1051 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 551 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KRAH 141930
TORRAH
NCC051-142015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0008.070914T1930Z-070914T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
330 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT
* AT 327 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR CREEK...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
AREAS SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF CEDAR CREEK
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 3487 7886 3500 7867 3495 7861 3486 7851
3484 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 263DEG 12KT 3485 7878
$$
WSS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KRAH 141945
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
343 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC051-142015-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070914T2015Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
343 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE BLADEN COUNTY
LINE NEED TO SEEK SHELTER NOW
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
LAT...LON 3487 7886 3500 7867 3495 7861 3486 7851
3484 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 264DEG 12KT 3485 7873
$$
WSS000
WWUS52 KRAH 142013
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
412 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
NCC051-142022-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-070914T2015Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
412 PM EDT FRI SEP 14 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY EXPIRES AT
415 PM EDT...
THIS STORM... LOCATED OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY BUT IS STILL PRODUCING SOME ROTATION. IF THIS
STORM STRENGTHENS AGAIN... ADDITIONAL WARNINGS MAY BE NEEDED IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3487 7886 3500 7867 3495 7861 3486 7851
3484 7874
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 264DEG 12KT 3486 7861
$$
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, 3:34 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 |
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.