Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 6:56 PM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 27, 2009, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Johnston County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 7:24 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Nw Four Oaks, NC | SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN A FIELD FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES. DAMAGE TO TREES. NEAR HIGHWAY 210 AND DELL MEADOWS ROAD. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 272256
TORRAH
NCC101-272345-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0007.090327T2256Z-090327T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
656 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 655 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FOUR OAKS...OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOUR OAKS...
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 3527 7850 3528 7851 3529 7852 3553 7856
3553 7823 3527 7844 3526 7848
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 202DEG 14KT 3529 7849
$$
BADGETTThe 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, 5:28 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, 7:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 31 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.