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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 29, 20144 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 4:24 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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: Apr 29, 2014, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 4:38 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	2 Ne Eastover, NC	FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED IN THE VICINITY OF 295 AND I-95

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

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 145 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 701 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 478 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 540 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.

448 
WFUS52 KRAH 292024
TORRAH
NCC051-085-101-163-292115-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0017.140429T2024Z-140429T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
    
* AT 423 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO 7
  MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THIS TORNADO
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...DUNN...BENSON...GODWIN...ERWIN...EASTOVER...COATS...
  WADE...FALCON...LINDEN AND SPIVEY'S CORNER.

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 3506 7877 3516 7892 3549 7865 3529 7837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 221DEG 14KT 3513 7878 
$$

VINCENT

2 follow-up statements

007 
WWUS52 KRAH 292032
SVSRAH

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

NCC051-085-101-163-292115-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140429T2115Z/
JOHNSTON NC-CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-
432 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON...NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND...NORTHWESTERN
SAMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTIES...
     
AT 432 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
GODWIN...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNN...BENSON...GODWIN...ERWIN...EASTOVER...COATS...WADE...FALCON...
LINDEN AND SPIVEY'S CORNER.

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 3508 7874 3519 7890 3549 7865 3529 7837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 220DEG 10KT 3518 7878 

$$

VINCENT

743 
WWUS52 KRAH 292101
SVSRAH

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

NCC051-292110-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140429T2115Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-
501 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED 
NORTHEAST INTO JOHNSTON COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING FOR 
CUMBERLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3525 7862 3526 7872 3526 7873 3528 7882
      3549 7865 3531 7841 3521 7853
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 216DEG 23KT 3530 7866 

$$

NCC085-101-163-292115-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-140429T2115Z/
JOHNSTON NC-SAMPSON NC-HARNETT NC-
501 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSTON...NORTHERN SAMPSON AND SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT
COUNTIES...
     
AT 500 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER DUNN...
OR 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DUNN...BENSON...ERWIN...COATS AND SPIVEY'S CORNER. 

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 3525 7862 3526 7872 3526 7873 3528 7882
      3549 7865 3531 7841 3521 7853
TIME...MOT...LOC 2100Z 216DEG 23KT 3530 7866 

$$

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, 3:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	50 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, 4:30 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.