Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 20, 2008, 7:04 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
- May 20, 2008, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2008, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cumberland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 7:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 W Hope Mills, NC | QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR ROCKFISH ROAD AND CAMDEN ROAD |
| May 20, 7:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Se Hope Mills, NC | TREES REPORTED DOWN NEAR NC HWY 59 AND US HWY 301... TWO MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF HOPE MILLS. |
| May 20, 7:06 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 2 Se Hope Mills, NC | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED TWO MILES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF HOPE MILLS. |
| May 20, 7:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 5 Ese Hope Mills, NC | PENNY SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 1:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1458 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 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 202304
TORRAH
NCC051-202330-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0029.080520T2304Z-080520T2330Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
704 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 730 PM EDT
* AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER HOPE MILLS...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...
MOVING EAST AT 41 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AROUND 715 PM
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY AROUND 725 PM
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM TUESDAY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3485 7894 3488 7894 3494 7902 3496 7901
3503 7898 3489 7854 3484 7850 3483 7852
3484 7878 3482 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 292DEG 35KT 3491 7892
$$
VINCENT3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KRAH 202306
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
706 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
NCC051-202330-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080520T2330Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
706 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HOPE MILLS...OR 11
MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
6 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR CREEK BY 715 PM EDT
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE
THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT
COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3485 7894 3488 7894 3494 7902 3496 7901
3503 7898 3489 7854 3484 7850 3483 7852
3484 7878 3482 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 292DEG 35KT 3490 7890
$$
VINCENT000
WWUS52 KRAH 202313
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
713 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
NCC051-202330-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080520T2330Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
713 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 710 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CEDAR CREEK...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 47
MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THIS IS AN
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3485 7894 3488 7894 3494 7902 3496 7901
3503 7898 3489 7854 3484 7850 3483 7852
3484 7878 3482 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 288DEG 41KT 3488 7880
$$
VINCENT000
WWUS52 KRAH 202331
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
729 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
NCC051-202339-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-080520T2330Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
729 PM EDT TUE MAY 20 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY EXPIRES AT 730
PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING IS MOVING EAST INTO EXTREME
NORTHERN BLADEN AND WESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...THEREFORE THE WARNING
FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING
WINDS PLEASE PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3485 7894 3488 7894 3494 7902 3496 7901
3503 7898 3489 7854 3484 7850 3483 7852
3484 7878 3482 7891
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 288DEG 41KT 3482 7859
$$
VINCENTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 61 min |
| May 20, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 65 min |
| May 20, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 48 min |
| May 20, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford, Randolph | 31 min |
| May 20, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person | 56 min |
| May 20, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 30 min |
| May 20, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 37 min |
| May 20, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 62 min |
| May 20, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 46 min |
| May 20, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 25 min |
| May 20, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash | 64 min |
| May 20, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Wake | 58 min |
| May 20, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Randolph | 40 min |
| May 20, 4:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 48 min |
| May 20, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 30 min |
| May 20, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 39 min |
| May 20, 5:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 30 min |
| May 20, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Guilford, Orange and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 20, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Stanly | 42 min |
| May 20, 5:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 33 min |
| May 20, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Wake | 41 min |
| May 20, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 36 min |
| May 20, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee, Randolph | 45 min |
| May 20, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 36 min |
| May 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 64 min |
| May 20, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 41 min |
| May 20, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 29 min |
| May 20, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 43 min |
| May 20, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 42 min |
| May 20, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 43 min |
| May 20, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 32 min |
| May 20, 6:57 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Moore | 63 min |
| May 20, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 35 min |
| May 20, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 42 min |
| May 20, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 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.