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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 18, 2008Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 2008, 3:11 AM EST for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report 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: Feb 18, 2008, 3:11 AM EST (08:11 UTC)
Expired: Feb 18, 2008, 3:45 AM EST
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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
Feb 18, 3:21 AM EST	HAIL 1.25	Brogden, NC	HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO VEHICLES

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 18, 2:30 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 992 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KRAH 180812
TORRAH
NCC191-180845-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0002.080218T0811Z-080218T0845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
311 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 345 AM EST

* AT 310 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES WEST OF MOUNT OLIVE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BROGDEN...MAR-MAC...
  GOLDSBORO...ELROY...

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3546 7803 3540 7783 3518 7799 3523 7827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0811Z 225DEG 46KT 3521 7814

$$

PWB

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 180824
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
323 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

NCC191-180845-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0845Z/
WAYNE NC-
323 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EST FOR WAYNE 
COUNTY...

AT 323 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BROGDEN...OR ABOUT
6 MILES SOUTH OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ELROY.

SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM IMMEDIATELY. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3546 7803 3540 7783 3518 7799 3523 7827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 225DEG 46KT 3530 7797

$$

PWB

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 180844
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
342 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

NCC191-180850-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080218T0845Z/
WAYNE NC-
342 AM EST MON FEB 18 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WAYNE COUNTY EXPIRES AT 345 AM EST...

AT 342 AM... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO ALONG THE 
WAYNE AND GREENE COUNTY LINE... OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALNUT 
CREEK... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE OUT WAYNE 
COUNTY BY 345 AM... AND THE TORNADO WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EST MONDAY MORNING 
FOR THE REGION. 

LAT...LON 3546 7803 3540 7783 3518 7799 3523 7827
TIME...MOT...LOC 0840Z 225DEG 46KT 3545 7776

$$

PWB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 18, 2:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	32 min
Feb 18, 2:28 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	32 min
Feb 18, 2:58 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	47 min
Feb 18, 3:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	37 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.