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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Raleigh, NC

February 24, 20164 counties in North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 5:04 PM EST for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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: Feb 24, 2016, 5:04 PM EST (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Feb 24, 2016, 5:30 PM EST
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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
Feb 24, 5:20 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	4 S Hope Mills, NC	TREE DOWN ON I-95 SOUTHBOUND AT MILE MARKER 39.
Feb 24, 5:30 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ese Fayetteville, NC	TREE DOWN NEAR NORTH RAMSEY STREET. TIME ESTIMATED.
Feb 24, 5:30 PM EST	HAIL 1	5 W Cedar Creek, NC	QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN GRAYS CREEK AREA.
Feb 24, 5:30 PM EST	HAIL 1.5	5 Sse Hope Mills, NC	PUBLIC REPORTS PEA TO PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL FALLING ON ROSLIN FARM ROAD.
Feb 24, 5:40 PM EST	HAIL 1	Cedar Creek, NC

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
Feb 24, 11:16 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 703 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 750 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

922 
WFUS52 KRAH 242204
TORRAH
NCC051-085-093-163-242230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0014.160224T2204Z-160224T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
504 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 530 PM EST
    
* AT 503 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER BUIE...OR NEAR RED SPRINGS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 75 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. THIS
IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAYETTEVILLE...RAEFORD...LILLINGTON...FORT BRAGG...DUNN...GODWIN...
  POPE AFB...ANTIOCH...HOPE MILLS AND SPRING LAKE.

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 YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3484 7935 3488 7934 3552 7871 3545 7862
      3531 7854 3526 7849 3526 7838 3515 7824
      3485 7863 3485 7883 3483 7890 3490 7894
      3495 7904 3483 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 220DEG 56KT 3475 7913 

$$

VINCENT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 3:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Richmond	51 min
Feb 24, 10:53 AM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland	31 min
Feb 24, 12:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	52 min
Feb 24, 12:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	64 min
Feb 24, 12:36 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	24 min
Feb 24, 12:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	9 min
Feb 24, 1:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	27 min
Feb 24, 1:04 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	56 min
Feb 24, 1:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wilson	43 min
Feb 24, 1:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	47 min
Feb 24, 1:59 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph	46 min
Feb 24, 2:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly	65 min
Feb 24, 2:44 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph	61 min
Feb 24, 3:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	60 min
Feb 24, 3:09 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Moore, Randolph	33 min
Feb 24, 3:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Randolph	34 min
Feb 24, 3:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Anson, Richmond	45 min
Feb 24, 3:35 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange	40 min
Feb 24, 3:43 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person	62 min
Feb 24, 3:47 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	43 min
Feb 24, 3:53 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Lee, Moore	37 min
Feb 24, 3:59 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	19 min
Feb 24, 4:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Durham, Granville, Person, Vance	56 min
Feb 24, 4:13 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Orange	47 min
Feb 24, 4:20 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Chatham, Harnett, Lee, Wake	40 min
Feb 24, 4:36 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Vance, Wake and 1 more	69 min
Feb 24, 4:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake	50 min
Feb 24, 5:03 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren	26 min
Feb 24, 5:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson	39 min
Feb 24, 5:21 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Vance, Warren	24 min
Feb 24, 5:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Wake	23 min
Feb 24, 5:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Wake	44 min
Feb 24, 5:41 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Franklin, Vance, Wake, Warren	49 min
Feb 24, 5:52 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wayne	38 min
Feb 24, 5:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Sampson	32 min
Feb 24, 6:13 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake, Warren	62 min
Feb 24, 6:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Franklin, Halifax, Vance, Wake, Warren	45 min
Feb 24, 6:25 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Edgecombe, Wayne, Wilson	50 min
Feb 24, 6:29 PM EST	Tornado Warning	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson	21 min
Feb 24, 6:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	23 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.