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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 15, 2018Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 15, 2018, 4:58 AM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 21 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2018, 4:58 AM EDT (08:58 UTC)
Expired: Sep 15, 2018, 5:19 AM EDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.0 in

County Wayne County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:57 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 14, 11:03 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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: 522 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

501 
WFUS52 KRAH 150858
TORRAH
NCC191-150930-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0014.180915T0858Z-180915T0930Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
458 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2018

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Central Wayne County in central North Carolina...

* Until 530 AM EDT
    
* At 458 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Walnut Creek, or near La Grange, moving northwest
  at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Goldsboro, Walnut Creek, Seven Springs, Mar-Mac, Brogden, Nahunta,
  Cliffs Of The Neuse State Park and Elroy.

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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

Tornadoes are extremely difficult to see and confirm at night. Do not
wait to see or hear the tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!

To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Raleigh.

&&

LAT...LON 3532 7783 3521 7783 3518 7784 3533 7823
      3534 7822 3535 7815 3537 7816 3538 7814
      3541 7816 3553 7810 3545 7795 3536 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0858Z 124DEG 40KT 3526 7786 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

Ellis

1 follow-up statement

678 
WWUS52 KRAH 150919
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
519 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2018

NCC191-150929-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-180915T0930Z/
Wayne NC-
519 AM EDT SAT SEP 15 2018

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

A tornado watch remains in effect until 700 AM EDT for central North
Carolina.

LAT...LON 3532 7783 3521 7783 3518 7784 3533 7823
      3534 7822 3535 7815 3537 7816 3538 7814
      3541 7816 3553 7810 3545 7795 3536 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 0917Z 124DEG 40KT 3539 7810 

$$

Ellis

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 9:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	24 min
Sep 14, 9:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	RAH	Wayne	6 hr
Sep 14, 10:20 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Wayne	9 min
Sep 14, 11:29 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Chatham, Davidson, Harnett, Lee, Montgomery, Moore and 2 more	3 hr
Sep 14, 11:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash	3 hr
Sep 14, 11:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Johnston, Moore, Sampson and 4 more	39 hr
Sep 15, 2:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Lee, Montgomery and 5 more	3 hr
Sep 15, 2:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Edgecombe, Franklin, Nash	3 hr
Sep 15, 4:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery and 4 more	3 hr
Sep 15, 6:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Chatham, Davidson, Durham, Guilford, Lee and 6 more	6 hr
Sep 15, 6:22 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Lee, Moore	32 hr
Sep 15, 7:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	RAH	Johnston, Sampson, Wayne	3 hr
Sep 15, 7:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond, Scotland, Stanly	3 hr
Sep 15, 8:52 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Harnett, Lee	23 min
Sep 15, 9:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Sampson	37 min
Sep 15, 11:19 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Sampson	26 min
Sep 15, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Wilson	32 min
Sep 15, 11:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Anson, Chatham, Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, Richmond and 2 more	6 hr
Sep 15, 11:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Cumberland	54 min
Sep 15, 1:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Chatham, Durham, Wake	9 hr
Sep 15, 1:40 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Alamance, Guilford, Orange, Randolph	4 hr
Sep 15, 2:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph and 2 more	24 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.