Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 5:28 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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, 5:28 PM EDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Cumberland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 543 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 272128
TORRAH
NCC051-272215-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0003.090327T2128Z-090327T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
528 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT
* AT 525 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANDER...
EASTOVER...
WADE...
FALCON...GODWIN...
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 3502 7899 3526 7880 3526 7870 3525 7865
3523 7862 3519 7864 3517 7863 3510 7864
3507 7867 3492 7884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 223DEG 24KT 3501 7886
$$
MWS3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KRAH 272136
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
536 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
NCC051-272215-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090327T2215Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
534 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 530 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER OR JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE NINETY FIVE...
ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF VANDER...OR NEAR FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG OR
VERY NEAR INTERSTATE NINETY FIVE. DAMAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED
WITH THIS STORM.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
VANDER BY 540 PM EDT
EASTOVER BY 545 PM EDT
WADE BY 600 PM EDT
FALCON...GODWIN AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LINDEN BY 610 PM EDT
LAT...LON 3502 7899 3526 7880 3526 7870 3525 7865
3523 7862 3519 7864 3517 7863 3510 7864
3507 7867 3492 7884
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 223DEG 21KT 3503 7883
$$
MWS000
WWUS52 KRAH 272148
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
548 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
NCC051-272215-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090327T2215Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
547 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 544 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR EASTOVER...OR 7 MILES EAST OF
FAYETTEVILLE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL
CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG OR VERY NEAR INTERSTATE NINETY FIVE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WADE BY 600 PM EDT
FALCON AND GODWIN BY 610 PM EDT
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 3507 7894 3510 7893 3526 7880 3526 7870
3525 7865 3523 7863 3519 7865 3517 7863
3510 7864 3507 7867 3499 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 223DEG 21KT 3509 7877
$$
MWS000
WWUS52 KRAH 272206
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
606 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
NCC051-272215-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090327T2215Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
605 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
AT 602 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WADE...OR 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO
WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ALONG OR VERY NEAR INTERSTATE NINETY FIVE.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WADE BY 610 PM EDT
GODWIN...FALCON AND LINDEN BY 615 PM EDT
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
LAT...LON 3514 7886 3526 7880 3526 7870 3525 7865
3523 7863 3519 7865 3517 7863 3509 7871
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 213DEG 21KT 3515 7873
$$
MWSThe 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, 5:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 37 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.