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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT for Chatham County, Lee County, Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 min. 9 reports 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
- Apr 16, 2011, 2:43 PM EDT (18:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC, Moore County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 2:50 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ese Carthage, NC | TWO 18 INCH TREES DOWN NEAR UNION PINES HIGH SCHOOL |
| Apr 16, 3:03 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Se Sanford, NC | CARS OVERTURNED AND TREES DOWN |
| Apr 16, 3:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Sanford, NC | |
| Apr 16, 3:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ne Tramway, NC | 4 HOMES SUSTAINED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE... 1 HOME DESTROYED... TREES SNAPPED |
| Apr 16, 3:09 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 Sse Sanford, NC | HOUSES DAMAGED AND TREES DOWN IN THE ST ANDREWS SUBDIVISION. |
| Apr 16, 3:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | Broadway, NC | MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED AND POSSIBLE HOUSES COLLAPSED. |
| Apr 16, 3:17 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ne Seven Lakes, NC | MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN ROAD BETWEEN SEVEN LAKES AND CARTHAGE |
| Apr 16, 3:20 PM EDT | TORNADO | Sanford, NC | MULTIPLE MOBILE HOMES COLLAPSED... LEMMON SPRINGS RD AND HWY 42. |
| Apr 16, 3:25 PM EDT | TORNADO | Broadway, NC | *** 2 FATAL, 1 INJ *** OVER 30 HOMES DESTROYED ALONG WITH A LOWES HARDWARE. A WAL-MART AND BIG LOTS WERE ALSO SEVERELY DAMAGED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 516 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 605 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 909 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
105
WFUS52 KRAH 161843
TORRAH
NCC037-105-125-161930-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0014.110416T1843Z-110416T1930Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
243 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 330 PM EDT
* AT 236 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO NEAR CARTHAGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CARTHAGE...CUMNOCK...SANFORD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3533 7962 3568 7921 3548 7901 3540 7909
3521 7946
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 228DEG 56KT 3545 7932
$$
133 follow-up statements
539
WWUS52 KRAH 161855
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
255 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC037-105-125-161930-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T1930Z/
MOORE NC-LEE NC-CHATHAM NC-
255 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHATHAM...LEE AND NORTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTIES...
AT 245 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS BETWEEN CARTHAGE AND
CAMERON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE TRAMWAY...GUM
SPRINGS...SANFORD...CUMNOCK.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3535 7956 3568 7921 3548 7901 3547 7902
3540 7909 3523 7942
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 228DEG 56KT 3555 7917
$$
13171
WWUS52 KRAH 161906
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
306 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC125-161913-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T1930Z/
MOORE NC-
306 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MOORE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3535 7927 3540 7929 3542 7933 3544 7933
3547 7936 3549 7934 3551 7934 3552 7938
3568 7921 3548 7901 3540 7909 3533 7924
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 228DEG 56KT 3565 7902
$$
NCC037-105-161930-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T1930Z/
LEE NC-CHATHAM NC-
306 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL CHATHAM AND LEE COUNTIES...
AT 254 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO LOCATED ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF SANFORD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE
SANFORD...GUM SPRINGS.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...SEEK SHELTER NOW.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3535 7927 3540 7929 3542 7933 3544 7933
3547 7936 3549 7934 3551 7934 3552 7938
3568 7921 3548 7901 3540 7909 3533 7924
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 228DEG 56KT 3565 7902
$$
13916
WWUS52 KRAH 161924
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
324 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC037-105-161934-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110416T1930Z/
LEE NC-CHATHAM NC-
324 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CHATHAM AND LEE COUNTIES
EXPIRES AT 330 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO
SOUTHERN WAKE COUNTY...OUT OF THE AREA...AND THE WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 7 7...6 3 3...6 7 7 2...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN RALEIGH.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3535 7927 3540 7929 3542 7933 3544 7933
3547 7936 3549 7934 3551 7934 3552 7938
3568 7921 3548 7901 3540 7909 3533 7924
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 228DEG 56KT 3587 7872
$$
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph and 1 more | 61 min |
| Apr 16, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 12:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 12:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore, Richmond, Scotland | 60 min |
| Apr 16, 1:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 27 min |
| Apr 16, 1:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 1:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 1:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee, Moore | 28 min |
| Apr 16, 1:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Randolph | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 1:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 1:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 62 min |
| Apr 16, 1:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 59 min |
| Apr 16, 2:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 55 min |
| Apr 16, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange, Person | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 2:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Orange | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 2:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 22 min |
| Apr 16, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Person | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 2:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 2 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Richmond, Scotland | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 3:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Person, Wake | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Guilford | 110 min |
| Apr 16, 3:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Harnett, Lee, Wake | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 3:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Harnett and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 3:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 3:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 3:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance, Wake | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Nash, Wilson | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Wake | 58 min |
| Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 18 min |
| Apr 16, 5:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 30 min |
| Apr 16, 5:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 14 min |
| Apr 16, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wilson | 34 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 42 min |
| Apr 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 5:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 6:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
| Apr 16, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 20 min |
| Apr 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 10 min |
| Apr 16, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 47 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.