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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 27, 2009Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 5:08 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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: Mar 27, 2009, 5:08 PM EDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2009, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 12:00Z, 9.1 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.

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: 280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 118 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 272108
TORRAH
NCC051-163-272145-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0002.090327T2108Z-090327T2145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
508 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 507 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR CREEK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CEDAR CREEK...
  STEDMAN...AUTRYVILLE...

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 3460 7830 3476 7840 3485 7849 3483 7892
      3499 7875 3525 7868 3524 7861 3531 7854
      3526 7849 3525 7842 3528 7831 3522 7825
      3519 7817 3489 7815 3474 7819 3471 7814
      3472 7812 3470 7811 3456 7825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2107Z 209DEG 31KT 3480 7884

$$

PWB

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KRAH 272131
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
531 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009

NCC051-163-272145-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090327T2145Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
531 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR SAMPSON
AND EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...

AT 529 PM EDT... LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR EXIT 
40 ALONG I-95... NEAR THE CUMBERLAND AND ROBESON LINE. THIS TORNADO 
WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF JEROME... AND 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
AUTRYVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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.

LAT...LON 3460 7830 3476 7840 3485 7849 3483 7892
      3499 7875 3525 7868 3524 7861 3531 7854
      3526 7849 3525 7842 3528 7831 3522 7825
      3519 7817 3489 7815 3474 7819 3471 7814
      3472 7812 3470 7811 3456 7825
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 209DEG 31KT 3491 7873

$$

PWB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 5:34 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Forsyth, Granville and 10 more	4 hr
Mar 27, 5:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland	25 min
Mar 27, 5:28 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland	47 min
Mar 27, 5:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	32 min
Mar 27, 6:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	51 min
Mar 27, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	45 min
Mar 27, 6:56 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston	49 min
Mar 27, 7:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wake	31 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.