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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 5:21 PM EST for Cumberland County, Harnett County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. 6 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, 5:21 PM EST (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Tornado emergency
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Feb 24, 5:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nne Hobbton, NC | ROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME AT 9621 KENAN RD |
| Feb 24, 5:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se Hobbton, NC | BARN DESTROYED AT 700 SUTTONTOWN RD |
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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
890
WFUS52 KRAH 242221
TORRAH
NCC051-085-163-242300-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0015.160224T2221Z-160224T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
521 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 521 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A CONFIRMED TORNADO NEAR
TOBERMORY...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE. DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
THIS TORNADO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO A TORNADO...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE
WIND GUSTS UP TO 70 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT AND NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...CEDAR CREEK...SALEMBURG...
LINDEN...STEDMAN AND ERWIN.
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 3490 7894 3497 7904 3538 7869 3534 7853
3531 7854 3526 7849 3526 7841 3528 7833
3526 7828 3522 7824 3520 7816 3519 7816
3485 7875 3485 7883 3483 7890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 229DEG 51KT 3489 7889
$$
VINCENT2 follow-up statements
705
WWUS52 KRAH 242229 RRA
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
529 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC051-085-163-242300-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-HARNETT NC-SAMPSON NC-
529 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CEDAR CREEK...STEDMAN...AND VANDER...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR
CUMBERLAND...SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT AND NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...
AT 528 PM EST...SPOTTERS CONFIRMED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF JEROME...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF FAYETTEVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A
TORNADO...LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR CEDAR CREEK...STEDMAN...AND VANDER...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAYETTEVILLE...DUNN...GODWIN...HOPE MILLS...ERWIN...EASTOVER...
STEDMAN...NEWTON GROVE...WADE AND SALEMBURG.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY TORNADO
IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN
INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7894 3497 7904 3538 7869 3534 7853
3531 7854 3526 7849 3526 7841 3528 7833
3526 7828 3522 7824 3520 7816 3519 7816
3485 7875 3485 7883 3483 7890
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 230DEG 58KT 3497 7875
$$
VINCENT685
WWUS52 KRAH 242247
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
547 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC085-242253-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/
HARNETT NC-
547 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3507 7872 3526 7869 3525 7862 3527 7858
3530 7858 3532 7854 3526 7849 3526 7841
3528 7833 3526 7828 3522 7824 3520 7816
3519 7816 3492 7864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 236DEG 45KT 3509 7856
$$
NCC051-163-242300-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/
CUMBERLAND NC-SAMPSON NC-
547 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR HOBBTON...NEWTON GROVE...AND INTERSTATE 40
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 334 AND 355...
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR EASTERN
CUMBERLAND AND NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTIES...
AT 543 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE. THIS TORNADIC STORM WAS LOCATED
11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GODWIN...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
CLINTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IN ADDITION TO A
TORNADO...LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
...TORNADO EMERGENCY FOR HOBBTON...NEWTON GROVE...AND INTERSTATE
40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 334 AND 355...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GODWIN...STEDMAN...NEWTON GROVE...SALEMBURG...FALCON...AUTRYVILLE...
HOBBTON AND SPIVEY'S CORNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A LARGE...EXTREMELY DANGEROUS...AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY
TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE...TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE
TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID
WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE
CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3507 7872 3526 7869 3525 7862 3527 7858
3530 7858 3532 7854 3526 7849 3526 7841
3528 7833 3526 7828 3522 7824 3520 7816
3519 7816 3492 7864
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 236DEG 45KT 3509 7856
$$
VINCENTThe 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, 5:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Sampson | 26 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.