Tornado Warning 3, NWS Raleigh, NC

Issued

Jun 27, 2015, 6:22 PM EDT (22:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2015, 6:35 PM EDT

In force

13 min

Issued by

NWS Raleigh, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Chatham County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Lee County, NC, Wake County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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903 
WFUS52 KRAH 272222
TORRAH
NCC037-085-105-183-272300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0003.150627T2222Z-150627T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
622 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  SOUTHWESTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT
    
* AT 622 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF SANFORD...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SHEARON HARRIS RESERVOIR...DUNCAN...HARRIS LAKE BOAT LAUNCH AND
  RAVEN ROCK STATE PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS TORNADO WARNING REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED
FOR THE SAME AREA.

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

MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3548 7909 3559 7910 3564 7882 3543 7881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 263DEG 12KT 3554 7903 

$$

ELLIS

379 
WWUS52 KRAH 272235
SVSRAH

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

NCC037-085-105-183-272244-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150627T2300Z/
CHATHAM NC-WAKE NC-HARNETT NC-LEE NC-
635 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2015

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHATHAM...SOUTHWESTERN
WAKE...NORTH CENTRAL HARNETT AND NORTHEASTERN LEE COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
LEE...CHATHAM...HARNETT AND WAKE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM.

LAT...LON 3548 7909 3559 7910 3564 7882 3543 7881
TIME...MOT...LOC 2233Z 263DEG 12KT 3554 7899 

$$

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.