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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 29, 2014Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 7:52 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 29, 8:04 PM EDTTORNADO5 Ne Salemburg, NCTORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR HONEYCUTT ROAD NEAR SALEMBURG... REPORT 3RD HAND FROM SCANNER VIA SKYWARN
Apr 29, 8:10 PM EDTTORNADO5 Wsw Hobbton, NCPOSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN NEAR INTERSECTION OF JUNIPER AND CHURCH ROADS. DAMAGE INCLUDED A SINGLE-WIDE WITH SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE AND SEVERAL OUT BUILDINGS DESTROYED.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 2:27 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 148 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1802 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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.

736 
WFUS52 KRAH 292352
TORRAH
NCC163-300030-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0025.140429T2352Z-140430T0030Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
    
* AT 752 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWTON GROVE...SALEMBURG AND HOBBTON. 

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 3511 7855 3526 7843 3526 7837 3518 7821
      3501 7849
TIME...MOT...LOC 2352Z 209DEG 15KT 3507 7849 
$$

VINCENT
3 follow-up statements
355 
WWUS52 KRAH 300005
SVSRAH

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

NCC163-300030-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140430T0030Z/
SAMPSON NC-
805 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SAMPSON COUNTY...
     
AT 805 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM 
WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 
MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWTON GROVE AND HOBBTON. 

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 3526 7843 3526 7837 3518 7821 3505 7843
      3515 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0005Z 216DEG 19KT 3514 7841 

$$

VINCENT
407 
WWUS52 KRAH 300024
SVSRAH

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

NCC163-300030-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140430T0030Z/
SAMPSON NC-
824 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY...
     
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS RECENTLY WEAKENED... 
AND THE WARNING WILL MOST LIKELY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3524 7839 3526 7837 3520 7825 3516 7839
      3518 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 216DEG 14KT 3520 7836 

$$

VINCENT
208 
WWUS52 KRAH 300035
SVSRAH

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

NCC163-300044-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-140430T0030Z/
SAMPSON NC-
835 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAMPSON COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
    
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND 
SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3524 7839 3526 7837 3520 7825 3516 7839
      3518 7844
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 209DEG 15KT 3520 7836 

$$

VINCENT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 12:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHAlamance, Orange51 min
Apr 29, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett25 min
Apr 29, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland32 min
Apr 29, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland34 min
Apr 29, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston45 min
Apr 29, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston33 min
Apr 29, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett, Johnston43 min
Apr 29, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland36 min
Apr 29, 3:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHarnett25 min
Apr 29, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson51 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWilson44 min
Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson44 min
Apr 29, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson50 min
Apr 29, 4:00 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWilson30 min
Apr 29, 4:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland, Hoke47 min
Apr 29, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Hoke52 min
Apr 29, 4:24 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson51 min
Apr 29, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Sampson45 min
Apr 29, 4:31 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWilson29 min
Apr 29, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston43 min
Apr 29, 4:34 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe, Wilson26 min
Apr 29, 4:35 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHJohnston, Wayne, Wilson40 min
Apr 29, 4:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wilson3 hr
Apr 29, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe, Wilson45 min
Apr 29, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Sampson, Wayne37 min
Apr 29, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne, Wilson46 min
Apr 29, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett, Sampson43 min
Apr 29, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHCumberland3 hr
Apr 29, 5:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWilson3 hr
Apr 29, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHEdgecombe60 min
Apr 29, 5:49 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe56 min
Apr 29, 6:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne52 min
Apr 29, 6:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe3 hr
Apr 29, 6:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHWilson24 min
Apr 29, 6:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHJohnston35 min
Apr 29, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson46 min
Apr 29, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHCumberland33 min
Apr 29, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Sampson50 min
Apr 29, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson60 min
Apr 29, 7:33 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHSampson42 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.