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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 29, 2014Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 3:55 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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 29, 2014, 3:55 PM EDT (19:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 29, 3:56 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Ne Stedman, NC	DAMAGE TO HOMES AT HANCOCK AND JOHN NUNNERY ROAD
Apr 29, 4:02 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	Stedman, NC	FUNNEL CLOUD SPOTTED WITH DEBRIS IN AIR ALONG WADE-STEDMAN RD NEAR STEDMAN.

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 29, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 1802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 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.

582 
WFUS52 KRAH 291955
TORRAH
NCC051-163-292045-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0015.140429T1955Z-140429T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
355 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT
    
* AT 354 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 12
  MILES NORTH OF JEROME...OR 13 MILES EAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ROSEBORO...STEDMAN...SALEMBURG...AUTRYVILLE...VANDER AND BUSHY LAKE
  NATURAL AREA.

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 3489 7864 3504 7879 3526 7855 3505 7834
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 227DEG 9KT 3501 7867 
$$

VINCENT

3 follow-up statements

694 
WWUS52 KRAH 292004
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
404 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

NCC051-163-292045-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140429T2045Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
404 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...
     
AT 403 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATED A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO...IN ADDITION TO QUARTER 
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF GODWIN...OR 14 MILES EAST OF 
FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROSEBORO...SALEMBURG AND AUTRYVILLE. 

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 3498 7867 3507 7871 3514 7868 3526 7855
      3505 7834 3496 7851 3497 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 224DEG 15KT 3505 7864 

$$

VINCENT

250 
WWUS52 KRAH 292018
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
418 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

NCC051-163-292045-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140429T2045Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
418 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...
     
AT 417 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN ADDITION TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 
MILES SOUTHEAST OF GODWIN...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF 
CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTIES.

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 3500 7866 3508 7871 3514 7868 3526 7855
      3513 7842 3507 7854 3503 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 214DEG 17KT 3513 7859 

$$

VINCENT

512 
WWUS52 KRAH 292040
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
440 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

NCC051-163-292049-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-140429T2045Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
440 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND AND NORTHWESTERN
SAMPSON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM EDT...
    
A SEPARATE TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR 
NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON AND SOUTH CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3500 7866 3508 7871 3514 7868 3526 7855
      3513 7842 3507 7854 3503 7860
TIME...MOT...LOC 2034Z 227DEG 9KT 3513 7859 

$$

VINCENT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 12:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Alamance, Orange	51 min
Apr 29, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	25 min
Apr 29, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	32 min
Apr 29, 2:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	34 min
Apr 29, 3:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	45 min
Apr 29, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	33 min
Apr 29, 3:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston	43 min
Apr 29, 3:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	36 min
Apr 29, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett	25 min
Apr 29, 3:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	51 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wilson	44 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	44 min
Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wilson	30 min
Apr 29, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland, Hoke	47 min
Apr 29, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke	52 min
Apr 29, 4:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson	51 min
Apr 29, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson	45 min
Apr 29, 4:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wilson	29 min
Apr 29, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	43 min
Apr 29, 4:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	26 min
Apr 29, 4:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne, Wilson	40 min
Apr 29, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wilson	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	45 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	37 min
Apr 29, 5:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	46 min
Apr 29, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson	43 min
Apr 29, 5:40 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Wilson	3 hr
Apr 29, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	60 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	56 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	52 min
Apr 29, 6:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Edgecombe	3 hr
Apr 29, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	24 min
Apr 29, 6:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	35 min
Apr 29, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	46 min
Apr 29, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	33 min
Apr 29, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	50 min
Apr 29, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	60 min
Apr 29, 7:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	42 min
Apr 29, 7:52 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	38 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.