Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 53, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 2008, 1:10 AM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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
- Aug 28, 2008, 1:10 AM EDT (05:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2008, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 2476 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KRAH 280510
TORRAH
NCC195-280545-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0053.080828T0510Z-080828T0545Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
110 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT
* AT 108 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER BLACK CREEK...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING
NORTH AT 16 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILSON...
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 3557 7782 3558 7783 3558 7801 3559 7805
3578 7805 3584 7788 3584 7785 3585 7783
3584 7777 3583 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0510Z 186DEG 14KT 3563 7793
$$
BSD1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KRAH 280539
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
139 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008
NCC195-280548-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0053.000000T0000Z-080828T0545Z/
WILSON NC-
138 AM EDT THU AUG 28 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY EXPIRES AT 145 AM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 145 PM.
IF YOU EXPERIENCED SEVERE WEATHER SUCH AS LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING
WINDS PLEASE PASS THE INFORMATION ALONG TO YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3557 7782 3558 7783 3558 7801 3559 7805
3578 7805 3584 7788 3584 7785 3585 7783
3584 7777 3583 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 0538Z 186DEG 14KT 3574 7792
$$
BSDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, Scotland | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Person | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 81 min |
| Aug 28, 12:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 64 min |
| Aug 28, 1:49 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 80 min |
| Aug 28, 3:37 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 91 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.