Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 15, 2008, 4:32 PM EDT for Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- Mar 15, 2008, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2008, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Montgomery County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 4:44 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | Candor, NC | GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND A FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CANDOR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 152032
TORRAH
NCC123-152100-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0009.080315T2032Z-080315T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
432 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 428 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER MOUNT GILEAD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TROY...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BISCOE...CANDOR...
STAR...
IF MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT. COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS TO
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK
THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
LAT...LON 3536 8006 3548 7977 3535 7973 3520 7968
3517 7984 3517 7986 3516 7987 3515 7996
3516 7998
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 234DEG 36KT 3522 7995
$$
WSS2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KRAH 152043
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
442 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
NCC123-152100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080315T2100Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-
442 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
MONTGOMERY COUNTY...
AT 442 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR CANDOR...OR ABOUT
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TROY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF
BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3519 7988 3539 7998 3548 7977 3520 7968
3518 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 234DEG 36KT 3529 7982
$$
WSS000
WWUS52 KRAH 152053
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
452 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
NCC123-152102-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080315T2100Z/
MONTGOMERY NC-
452 PM EDT SAT MAR 15 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXPIRES AT 500
PM EDT...
THE TORNADIC STORM WILL EXIT EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BY 5 PM.
PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY NEAR EAGLE SPRINGS NEED TO TAKE
SHELTER NOW
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3519 7988 3539 7998 3548 7977 3520 7968
3518 7984
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 234DEG 36KT 3535 7972
$$
WSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond, Stanly | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Stanly | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 4:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee, Moore | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 42 min |
| Mar 15, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 34 min |
| Mar 15, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.