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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 25, 20144 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2014, 3:47 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. 5 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 25, 2014, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2014, 4:30 PM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Franklin County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Nash County, NC, Warren County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 25, 3:50 PM EDT	TORNADO	4 W Aventon, NC	HOMEOWNER IN CASTALIA REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD AND TREE DAMAGE AROUND THE HOME
Apr 25, 4:00 PM EDT	TORNADO	4 Ssw Centerville, NC	POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE IN THE COMMUNITY OF WHITE LEVEL. NUMEROUS SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. SEVERAL STRUCTURES SUSTAINED DAMAGE. TIME WAS ESTIMATED.
Apr 25, 4:05 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ne Aventon, NC	ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE... DAMAGED TREES... ROOF OFF OF SHED... POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE
Apr 25, 4:05 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Ne Aventon, NC	ROOF OFF OF A HOUSE... DAMAGED TREES... ROOF OFF OF SHED... POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ITA ROAD AND MEDOC MOUNTAIN ROAD.
Apr 25, 4:35 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	7 W Halifax, NC	NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT DARLINGTON... NEAR I-95

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 4 storm reports to this tornado warning; the first came 3 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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 25, 1:19 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	10 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

742 
WFUS52 KRAH 251947
TORRAH
NCC069-083-127-185-252030-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0011.140425T1947Z-140425T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
347 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
    
* AT 346 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISBURG...AND MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROANOKE RAPIDS...HALIFAX...WELDON...CASTALIA...CENTERVILLE...
  AVENTON...AIRLIE...ROSEMARY...GLENVIEW...MEDOC MOUNTAIN STATE
  PARK...ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE...ARCOLA AND SOUTH WELDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3646 7763 3645 7763 3642 7759 3641 7755
      3638 7754 3635 7758 3631 7757 3630 7753
      3633 7745 3628 7741 3606 7813 3627 7823
      3649 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 249DEG 48KT 3618 7809 
$$

DJF

2 follow-up statements

213 
WWUS52 KRAH 251954
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
354 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCC069-083-127-185-252030-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140425T2030Z/
NASH NC-HALIFAX NC-WARREN NC-FRANKLIN NC-
354 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL NASH...NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX...SOUTHEASTERN WARREN AND
NORTHEASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES...
     
AT 353 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO ALONG WITH QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS 
DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WARRENTON...MOVING 
EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE RAPIDS...HALIFAX...WELDON...CASTALIA...CENTERVILLE...
AVENTON...AIRLIE...ROSEMARY...GLENVIEW...MEDOC MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...
ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE...ARCOLA AND SOUTH WELDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3646 7763 3645 7763 3642 7759 3641 7755
      3638 7754 3635 7758 3631 7757 3630 7753
      3633 7745 3628 7741 3606 7813 3627 7823
      3649 7772
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 247DEG 43KT 3620 7804 

$$

DJF

419 
WWUS52 KRAH 252006
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
406 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCC069-127-252014-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140425T2030Z/
NASH NC-FRANKLIN NC-
406 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL NASH AND NORTHEASTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT 
OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE ROTATION IN SOUTHWEST HALIFAX COUNTY. 
THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM.

LAT...LON 3646 7763 3642 7759 3641 7755 3638 7754
      3635 7758 3631 7757 3630 7753 3633 7745
      3628 7741 3618 7792 3619 7793 3619 7797
      3618 7798 3620 7801 3631 7807 3649 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 249DEG 48KT 3626 7786 

$$

NCC083-185-252030-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140425T2030Z/
HALIFAX NC-WARREN NC-
406 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HALIFAX AND SOUTHEASTERN WARREN COUNTIES...
     
AT 404 PM EDT...ON SCENE FIRE OFFICIALS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN 
FAR SOUTHWEST HALIFAX COUNTY...JUST NORTH OF THE NASH COUNTY BORDER. 
A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 
12 MILES SOUTH OF LITTLETON...OR 15 MILES WEST OF HALIFAX...MOVING 
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROANOKE RAPIDS...HALIFAX...WELDON...AIRLIE...MEDOC MOUNTAIN STATE
PARK...ROANOKE RAPIDS LAKE...ROSEMARY...ARCOLA AND SOUTH WELDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3646 7763 3642 7759 3641 7755 3638 7754
      3635 7758 3631 7757 3630 7753 3633 7745
      3628 7741 3618 7792 3619 7793 3619 7797
      3618 7798 3620 7801 3631 7807 3649 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 249DEG 48KT 3626 7786 

$$

DJF

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Apr 25, 3:20 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 3:20 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
320 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

.SYNOPSIS..A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
CAROLINAS THIS EVENING. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE
REGION TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL
PUSH INTO THE REGION FROM THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY NIGHT AND
SUNDAY.
&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 320 PM FRIDAY...

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL NC THROUGH 900 PM
EDT...

CURRENTLY MANAGING MULTIPLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AROUND NIGHTFALL. CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON IS
IN THE FORM OF DISCRETE CELLS AND CLUSTERS WITH PERSISTENT UPDRAFTS
WHICH COMBINED WITH FREEZING LEVELS AROUND 10KFT HAS RESULTED IN THE
NUMEROUS LARGE HAIL REPORTS. A MORE LINEAR CONVECTIVE FEATURE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT IS LIKELY TO SWEEP ACROSS
CENTRAL NC BETWEEN 21 AND 01Z. THE CONVECTION MAY HAVE A DOWNWARD
TRAJECTORY IN INTENSITY TOWARD SUNSET AS THE SURFACE FLOW BECOMES
MORE SOUTHWESTERLY DECREASING LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND POTENTIALLY
REDUCING INSTABILITY WITH A SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MASS. AFTER A
CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE EARLY EVENING... CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AS A COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS PUSHES INTO THE
REGION. SKIES SHOULD BECOME CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH A LIGHT BREEZE
STICKING AROUND FOR MOST OF THE EVENING. CURRENT FORECAST NOTES THAT
WINDS MAY DECOUPLE ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST TOWARD DAYBREAK
SATURDAY AND LATEST NAM/GFS BUFR SOUNDINGS SUPPORT THIS. LOWS
TONIGHT SHOULD FALLING INTO THE MID 40S TO MID 50S.

SATURDAY SHOULD BRING FAIR WEATHER WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE AND NEAR TO
SLIGHTLY ABOVE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES. SUNSHINE WILL MIX WITH
PERIODS OF HIGH CLOUDS BUT MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES SHOULD DESCRIBE THIS
WELL. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE BETWEEN 78 AND 82 DEGREES. -BLAES

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 315 PM FRIDAY...

A DRY BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LOW/TROUGH MOVES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST. THERE
HAS BEEN DISAGREEMENT AMONG THE MODELS THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WITH
REGARDS TO HOW FAR SOUTH THE FRONT WILL MAKE IT...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE
IT WILL AT LEAST COME INTO OUR NORTHERN AREAS BEFORE IT WASHES
OUT/RETREATS ON SUNDAY. THEN...HEIGHTS WILL BEGIN TO RISE ON SUNDAY
AS THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDS EAST. THEREFORE...OVERALL THE WEATHER
SHOULD BE QUIET FOR THE SHORT TERM PERIOD...WITH TEMPS SLIGHTLY
ABOVE NORMAL (ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE
FORECAST AREA...SOUTH OF THE DISSIPATING BOUNDARY).

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
AS OF 315 PM FRIDAY...

AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PERIOD IS EXPECTED BEGINNING EARLY NEXT
WEEK...LIKELY PERSISTING INTO THE MIDDLE/LATE PART OF THE WEEK AS A
BLOCKING PATTERN SETS UP ACROSS THE CONUS. A STRONG SYSTEM/CUTOFF
LOW THAT WILL LIKELY BE A BIG SEVERE WEATHER MAKER FOR THE CENTRAL
CONUS OVER THE WEEKEND/EARLY NEXT WEEK...WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD.
THE OVERALL TREND HAS BEEN TO SLOW DOWN THE EASTWARD PROGRESSION
SOMEWHAT AS THE RIDGE HOLDS STRONG OVER THE EAST COAST. NOW THE BEST
CHANCE FOR PRECIP MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL WEDNESDAY/WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
THURSDAY WHEN THE SURFACE FRONT IS PROGGED TO CROSS THE AREA.
EARLIER IN THE WEEK...MODELS ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH DEPICTING
A WEDGE LIKE BOUNDARY BISECTING THE FORECAST AREA FROM NORTH TO
SOUTH. THERE COULD STILL BE SOME PRECIP DURING THIS TIME FRAME AS
ANY WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE FLOW ALOFT WILL BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER
SOME SHOWERS WITHIN AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AIR MASS. AT THIS TIME THE
BEST TIME FRAME FOR SIGNIFICANT PRECIP LOOKS TO OCCUR WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY WITH THE FRONT. PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE
LATE THURSDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...THE
CLOSED LOW/UPPER TROUGH WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE WORK WEEK (LIKELY INTO THE WEEKEND). EVEN THOUGH THERE IS
STILL A LOT TO IRONED OUT WITH REGARD TO THE EXACT DETAILS OF THE
FORECAST...GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM AND TIME OF YEAR...
SEVERE WEATHER AND/OR HEAVY RAIN WILL BE A POSSIBILITY...ALTHOUGH
EXACTLY WHEN IS TOUGH TO DETERMINE RIGHT NOW. TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR
TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL...BUT WILL ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON THE
AMOUNT/TIMING OF CLOUDS/PRECIP.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 250 PM FRIDAY...

AREAS AND CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS CENTRAL NC THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE
STORMS WILL BE SCATTERED INITIALLY AND MAY END AS A BAND OF
CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF IFR/MVFR
VISIBILITIES ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL OF HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN
EXCESS OF 40KTS. THE CONVECTION WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST
BETWEEN 00 AND 03Z TONIGHT WITH FAIR WATER VFR CONDITIONS
EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE OVERNIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY.
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 30KTS
AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME WESTERLY BEHIND THE FRONT AT 5
TO 10 KTS AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY.

LOOKING BEYOND THE TAF PERIOD...
GENERALLY FAIR WEATHER IS EXPECTED ON SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
BEFORE A PERIOD OF POTENTIALLY UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SETS UP TOWARD MID WEEK. -BLAES
&&

.RAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

SYNOPSIS...BLAES
NEAR TERM...BLAES
SHORT TERM...KRD
LONG TERM...KRD
AVIATION...BLAES

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 1:47 PM EDT, 2 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
147 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-261800-
PERSON-GRANVILLE-VANCE-WARREN-HALIFAX-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-
ORANGE-DURHAM-FRANKLIN-NASH-EDGECOMBE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM-WAKE-
JOHNSTON-WILSON-STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-WAYNE-ANSON-
RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE-CUMBERLAND-SAMPSON-
147 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...TORNADO WATCH 91 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...AND PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN...WILL EXIST EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:16 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
316 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0303 PM     HAIL             6 ENE CREEDMOOR         36.14N  78.58W
04/25/2014  E1.00 INCH       GRANVILLE          NC   PUBLIC

            PUBLIC REPORT OF NICKLE TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT RT96
            AND RT56... RELAYED VIA SKYWARN

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401299

SEC

Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:18 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
318 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     HAIL             2 SE COATS              35.39N  78.64W
04/25/2014  E1.00 INCH       HARNETT            NC   PUBLIC

            PEA TO PENNY SIZE HAIL... WITH SOME UP TO QUARTER SIZE.
            REPORT RELAYED VIA SKYWARN.

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401300

SEC

Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:19 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
319 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0311 PM     HAIL             FRANKLINTON             36.10N  78.46W
04/25/2014  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN FRANKLINTON

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401301

SEC

Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:20 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
320 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0312 PM     HAIL             3 N FRANKLINTON         36.14N  78.46W
04/25/2014  E1.00 INCH       FRANKLIN           NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS QUARTER SIZE HAIL 1 MI NORTH OF
            FRANKLINTON

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401302

SEC

Local storm report, Apr 25, 3:34 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
334 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     HAIL             SPRING LAKE             35.18N  78.98W
04/25/2014  E1.00 INCH       CUMBERLAND         NC   NEWSPAPER

            REPORTS OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR SPRING LAKE

&&

EVENT NUMBER RAH1401303

SEC

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 3:35 PM EDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
335 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

NCZ007-008-022>024-038>040-252015-
PERSON-GUILFORD-RANDOLPH-GRANVILLE-ORANGE-CHATHAM-ALAMANCE-DAVIDSON-
335 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014

...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF
PERSON...EASTERN GUILFORD...RANDOLPH...NORTHWESTERN GRANVILLE...
NORTHERN ORANGE...NORTHWESTERN CHATHAM...ALAMANCE AND SOUTHEASTERN
DAVIDSON COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 334 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
ROXBORO TO BADIN LAKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF DIMES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENSBORO...HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...ASHEBORO...GRAHAM...ROXBORO...
HILLSBOROUGH...RANDLEMAN...NORTH CAROLINA ZOO AND MEBANE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DONT WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN OCCUR WELL AHEAD
OF AN APPROACHING STORM...PRIOR TO THE ARRIVAL OF RAIN AND WIND. MAKE
SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3653 7852 3624 7889 3624 7895 3614 7899
      3552 7977 3551 8018 3563 8026 3625 7965
      3624 7916 3654 7913
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 253DEG 31KT 3636 7894 3547 8008

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 25, 12:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	50 min
Apr 25, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Orange	39 min
Apr 25, 1:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance	41 min
Apr 25, 1:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore	47 min
Apr 25, 1:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange	39 min
Apr 25, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	36 min
Apr 25, 1:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	43 min
Apr 25, 1:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Orange, Person	52 min
Apr 25, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Nash	33 min
Apr 25, 2:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee, Moore	26 min
Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Orange	67 min
Apr 25, 2:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Nash	36 min
Apr 25, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson	50 min
Apr 25, 2:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	34 min
Apr 25, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Chatham	26 min
Apr 25, 2:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	67 min
Apr 25, 2:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	39 min
Apr 25, 2:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Halifax	33 min
Apr 25, 3:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	57 min
Apr 25, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	41 min
Apr 25, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Person, Randolph	40 min
Apr 25, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	62 min
Apr 25, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance	40 min
Apr 25, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford, Randolph	38 min
Apr 25, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth	61 min
Apr 25, 4:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	44 min
Apr 25, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Warren	64 min
Apr 25, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Orange	57 min
Apr 25, 4:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Halifax	41 min
Apr 25, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Guilford	53 min
Apr 25, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Guilford, Randolph	63 min
Apr 25, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person, Vance, Warren	38 min
Apr 25, 4:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash	59 min
Apr 25, 4:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Wake	61 min
Apr 25, 5:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	42 min
Apr 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	55 min
Apr 25, 5:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax	40 min
Apr 25, 5:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Vance, Warren	3 hr
Apr 25, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren	45 min
Apr 25, 6:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	33 min
Apr 25, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	56 min
Apr 25, 6:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson	2 hr
Apr 25, 7:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wayne	35 min
Apr 25, 7:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	37 min
Apr 25, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	57 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.