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Tornado Warning 14, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 9, 2021Person County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 9, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT for Person County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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: Apr 9, 2021, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2021, 6:17 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.25 in

County Person County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:42 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
Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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: 361 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

267 
WFUS52 KRAH 092142
TORRAH
NCC145-092230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0014.210409T2142Z-210409T2230Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
542 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Person County in central North Carolina...

* Until 630 PM EDT.
    
* At 542 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Milton, or near Turbeville, moving southeast at 30
  mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.

  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...
  Roxboro around 615 PM EDT.

Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Concord, Bethel Hill, Mayo Reservoir, Hyco Marina and Hyco 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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3640 7880 3625 7898 3641 7915 3654 7914
      3654 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 314DEG 25KT 3656 7914 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

Green

2 follow-up statements

505 
WWUS52 KRAH 092201
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
601 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

NCC145-092230-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210409T2230Z/
Person NC-
601 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN PERSON COUNTY...
    
At 601 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Alton, or near Turbeville, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado and half dollar size hail.

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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northeastern Person County, including the following locations...
Bethel Hill, Mayo Reservoir and Hyco 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 outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3640 7880 3654 7914 3654 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 291DEG 21KT 3656 7898 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.25IN

$$

Green

398 
WWUS52 KRAH 092217
SVSRAH

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
617 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

NCC145-092227-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-210409T2230Z/
Person NC-
617 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PERSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until midnight EDT for
central North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3640 7880 3654 7914 3654 7880
TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 314DEG 25KT 3649 7890 

$$

Green

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 3:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	58 min
Apr 9, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Lee	67 min
Apr 9, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Hoke, Richmond, Scotland	64 min
Apr 9, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke, Moore, Richmond, Scotland	22 min
Apr 9, 4:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Person	50 min
Apr 9, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	46 min
Apr 9, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville	46 min
Apr 9, 4:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Scotland	56 min
Apr 9, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Scotland	112 min
Apr 9, 5:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	51 min
Apr 9, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance, Warren	63 min
Apr 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	RAH	Harnett, Johnston, Wake	3 hr
Apr 9, 5:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Moore, Richmond	67 min
Apr 9, 5:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	46 min
Apr 9, 6:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Johnston	42 min
Apr 9, 6:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Warren	54 min
Apr 9, 6:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	40 min
Apr 9, 6:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Person, Vance	65 min
Apr 9, 7:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Durham, Granville	55 min
Apr 9, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	RAH	Davidson	54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.