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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Dec 24, 2020, 2:59 PM EST for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Dec 24, 2020, 2:59 PM EST (19:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 24, 2020, 3:30 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 2:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
237
WFUS52 KRAH 241959
TORRAH
NCC051-163-242030-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0028.201224T1959Z-201224T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
259 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northern Sampson County in central North Carolina...
Southeastern Cumberland County in central North Carolina...
* Until 330 PM EST.
* At 259 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles northeast of Ammon, or 12 miles southwest of
Clinton, moving northeast 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Clinton around 315 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hobbton, Salemburg, Newton Grove, Roseboro and Bushy Lake Natural
Area.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 7850 3485 7864 3526 7846 3526 7841
3527 7835 3520 7816 3516 7816 3478 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 204DEG 37KT 3489 7850
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
Green1 follow-up statement
098
WWUS52 KRAH 242007
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
307 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
NCC051-242016-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-201224T2030Z/
Cumberland NC-
307 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EST for central North
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3526 7846 3526 7841 3527 7835 3520 7816
3516 7816 3488 7836 3497 7859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 204DEG 37KT 3496 7846
$$
NCC163-242030-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-201224T2030Z/
Sampson NC-
307 PM EST Thu Dec 24 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
SAMPSON COUNTY...
At 306 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles west of Clinton, moving northeast 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.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Clinton around 315 PM EST.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Hobbton, Salemburg, Newton Grove and Roseboro.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3526 7846 3526 7841 3527 7835 3520 7816
3516 7816 3488 7836 3497 7859
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 204DEG 37KT 3496 7846
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
GreenThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 9:24 AM EST | Wind Advisory | RAH | Cumberland, Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 2 more | 16 hr |
| Dec 24, 12:12 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 63 min |
| Dec 24, 1:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Vance and 2 more | 58 min |
| Dec 24, 2:33 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Sampson and 3 more | 57 min |
| Dec 24, 2:35 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 40 min |
| Dec 24, 2:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 14 min |
| Dec 24, 3:15 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 18 min |
| Dec 24, 3:28 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 3:37 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wilson | 23 min |
| Dec 24, 3:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Wake | 30 min |
| Dec 24, 3:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Sampson | 36 min |
| Dec 24, 3:58 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 32 min |
| Dec 24, 4:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wilson | 64 min |
| Dec 24, 4:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne, Wilson | 60 min |
| Dec 24, 4:50 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 55 min |
| Dec 24, 5:36 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Wayne | 54 min |
| Dec 24, 6:03 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 3 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.