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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 4, 2008Chatham County, Lee County, Moore County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 4, 2008, 9:26 PM EST for Chatham County, Lee County, Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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
Mar 4, 2008, 9:26 PM EST (02:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2008, 10:30 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC, Moore County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 4, 9:30 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG2 Sw Glendon, NCTREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR NORTH MOORE HIGH SCHOOL ON NORTH MOORE RD.
Mar 4, 10:00 PM ESTTSTM WND DMG5 Sse Siler City, NCONE TREE REPORTED DOWN ACORSS OLD US HWY 421.
Mar 4, 10:05 PM ESTTSTM WND GST 60Seven Lakes, NCTRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATING WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH IN THE SEVEN LAKES AREA WITH LARGE LIMBS FALLING.
Mar 4, 10:18 PM ESTTSTM WND DMGPittsboro, NCTREES DOWN IN THE ROAD ON PEA RIDGE ROAD IN PITTSBORO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 4, 4:31 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2008-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 2008-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KRAH 050228
SVRRAH
NCC037-105-125-050330-
/O.NEW.KRAH.SV.W.0013.080305T0226Z-080305T0330Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
926 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1030 PM EST

* AT 918 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST EAST OF ASHEBORO...EXTENDING
  SOUTH TO ROCKINGHAM...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROBBINS...
  GLENDON...HIGHFALLS...
  TRAMWAY...
  GUM SPRINGS...
  CUMNOCK...SANFORD...

DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH AND GREATER ARE EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS.
THESE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR 
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3506 7955 3513 7958 3526 7970 3550 7977
      3552 7955 3583 7954 3584 7925 3586 7924
      3586 7891 3562 7900 3557 7893 3526 7922
      3517 7910 3521 7923 3504 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 249DEG 25KT 3537 7967

$$

VINCENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 8:00 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Vance25 min
Mar 4, 8:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth63 min
Mar 4, 8:46 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax28 min
Mar 4, 8:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford, Randolph71 min
Mar 4, 9:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Stanly60 min
Mar 4, 9:12 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Richmond63 min
Mar 4, 9:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAlamance, Orange, Person62 min
Mar 4, 9:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham44 min
Mar 4, 9:46 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Scotland59 min
Mar 4, 9:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Granville, Person48 min
Mar 4, 10:06 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville, Vance, Wake54 min
Mar 4, 10:08 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland67 min
Mar 4, 10:10 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett65 min
Mar 4, 10:20 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHVance40 min
Mar 4, 10:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Lee, Moore56 min
Mar 4, 10:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax, Warren65 min
Mar 4, 10:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke, Scotland43 min
Mar 4, 10:49 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wake56 min
Mar 4, 10:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin63 min
Mar 4, 11:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake46 min
Mar 4, 11:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Nash54 min
Mar 4, 11:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson42 min
Mar 4, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne, Wilson55 min
Mar 4, 11:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax, Warren47 min
Mar 4, 11:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax51 min
Mar 5, 12:03 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe47 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.