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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 16, 2011Harnett County, Johnston County, Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT for Harnett County, Johnston County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 23 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, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Tornado emergency

Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 16, 4:20 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ssw Benson, NC	TRAILERS AND OTHER BUILDINGS DAMAGED AT FOUNDATIONS BIBLE COLLEGE.
Apr 16, 4:20 PM EDT	TORNADO	4 Nnw Spivey'S Corner, NC	2 HOUSES GONE NEAR DRAGSTRUP ROAD AND HIGHWAY 242
Apr 16, 4:22 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 E Dunn, NC	MULTIPLE BUILDING DESTROYED AT HIGHWAY 301 AND WISE ROAD.
Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Se Benson, NC	* 1 FATAL * WIDESPREAD DAMAGE WITH HOMES DAMAGED TO DESTROYED IN THE BENSON AND BLACK CREEK AREA. ONE CONFIRMED FATALITY ON JUNIPER CHURCH ROAD.
Apr 16, 4:28 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Benson, NC	FUNNEL CLOUD AT HIGHWAY 301 AND IVY ROAD NEAR BENSON.
Apr 16, 4:29 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Benson, NC	AT HIGHWAY 301 AND IVY ROAD. FUNNEL CLOUD ALSO REPORTED AT SAME LOCATION.
Apr 16, 4:30 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Four Oaks, NC	LASTED 5 MIN.
Apr 16, 4:35 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Smithfield, NC	TIME ESTIMATED.
Apr 16, 4:35 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Selma, NC	TIME ESTIMATED.
Apr 16, 4:35 PM EDT	HAIL 2	Benson, NC
Apr 16, 4:35 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Se Four Oaks, NC	HWY 96 BLOCKED BY MULTIPLE DOWNED TREES
Apr 16, 4:36 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ene Four Oaks, NC	GROVE OF 12 TO 14 INCH DIAMTER PINE TREES SNAPPED OFF 20 FT IN THE AIR... TREES HAVE FALLEN ON AND DESTROYED TRAILERS
Apr 16, 4:37 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Selma, NC	TIME ESTIMATED.
Apr 16, 4:42 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Smithfield, NC
Apr 16, 4:45 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Smithfield, NC	TREE BRANCHES AND BUILDING DEBRIS FALLING FROM THE SKY
Apr 16, 4:45 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Ne Smithfield, NC	TREE BRANCHES AND BUILDING DEBRIS FALLING FROM THE SKY
Apr 16, 4:47 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ne Smithfield, NC	SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS KNOCKED OVER
Apr 16, 4:48 PM EDT	TORNADO	Smithfield, NC	TORNADO ON GROUND IN SMITHFIELD. DEBRIS BEING REPORED NEAR THE HOSPITAL.
Apr 16, 4:49 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ene Selma, NC	LIMBS SNAPPED OFF TREES IN PINELEVEL... I-95 CLOSED
Apr 16, 4:50 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	Selma, NC	GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT BUFFALO RD AND OLD BEULAH RD. LASTED 5 MIN.
Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Sw Micro, NC	TREES SNAPPED... MOBILE HOME FLIPPED... BOAT FLIPPED... SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED AND BLOCKING I-95
Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Sw Micro, NC	TREES SNAPPED... MOBILE HOME FLIPPED... BOAT FLIPPED... SEMI TRUCK FLIPPED AND BLOCKING I-95
Apr 16, 4:55 PM EDT	TORNADO	Micro, NC	ENTIRE MOBILE HOME PARK DESTROYED NEAR MICRO BETWEEN SELMA AND KENLY. OVER 100 PEOPLE DISPLACED.

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 PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 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.

021 
WFUS52 KRAH 162015
TORRAH
NCC085-101-163-162100-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0024.110416T2015Z-110416T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
415 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  EAST CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
  JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 412 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 11 MILES
  WEST OF SPIVEY'S CORNER...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LILLINGTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BENSON...
  FOUR OAKS...
  SMITHFIELD...
  SELMA...PINE LEVEL...
  MICRO...

* THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...
  BENSON...
  FOUR OAKS...
  SMITHFIELD...
  SELMA...PINE LEVEL...
  MICRO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! 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 3547 7812 3524 7856 3537 7865 3574 7823
      3573 7821 3572 7820 3572 7818 3571 7816
      3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810 3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 232DEG 41KT 3528 7869

$$

VINCENT

3 follow-up statements

697 
WWUS52 KRAH 162025
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
425 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC085-101-163-162100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-JOHNSTON NC-
425 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR
JOHNSTON...EAST CENTRAL HARNETT AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON
COUNTIES...

AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BENSON...OR 13 
MILES EAST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...FOUR OAKS...SMITHFIELD... 
SELMA...PINE LEVEL...PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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 3547 7812 3524 7856 3537 7865 3574 7823
      3573 7821 3572 7820 3572 7818 3571 7816
      3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810 3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 232DEG 41KT 3535 7858

$$

VINCENT

377 
WWUS52 KRAH 162034
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC085-162042-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
HARNETT NC-
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED INTO JOHNSTON 
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HARNETT COUNTY.

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 3547 7812 3527 7850 3532 7854 3534 7854
      3541 7860 3574 7823 3572 7820 3572 7818
      3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810
      3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 233DEG 45KT 3540 7843

$$

NCC101-162100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
JOHNSTON NC-
434 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR JOHNSTON
COUNTY...

AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS WERE TRACKING A DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO
WITH VISIBLE DEBRIS.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FOUR OAKS...OR 10
MILES SOUTHWEST OF SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...PINE LEVEL...SMITHFIELD... 
PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION! TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY. 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.

REPEATING...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...PINE 
LEVEL...SMITHFIELD... PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

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 3547 7812 3527 7850 3532 7854 3534 7854
      3541 7860 3574 7823 3572 7820 3572 7818
      3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813 3559 7810
      3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 233DEG 45KT 3540 7843

$$

VINCENT

603 
WWUS52 KRAH 162042
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
442 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC101-162100-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0024.000000T0000Z-110416T2100Z/
JOHNSTON NC-
442 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR JOHNSTON
COUNTY...

AT 440 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING 
A DESTRUCTIVE AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS 
LOCATED NEAR FOUR OAKS...OR NEAR SMITHFIELD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 
MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH.

THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR... SELMA...SMITHFIELD...PINE 
LEVEL...PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. TAKE 
COVER IMMEDIATELY! 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.

REPEATING...THIS IS A TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR...SELMA...SMITHFIELD... 
PINE LEVEL...PRINCETON...MICRO AND KENLY.

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 3547 7812 3534 7837 3549 7851 3574 7823
      3572 7820 3571 7816 3567 7816 3560 7813
      3559 7810 3556 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 222DEG 37KT 3548 7836

$$

VINCENT

The 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, 2:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Moore	47 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 Emergency	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 Emergency	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 Emergency	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 Emergency	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 Emergency	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Vance, Wake	46 min
Apr 16, 4:25 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	50 min
Apr 16, 4:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	31 min
Apr 16, 4:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Emergency	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

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.