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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 6, 2025, 3:19 PM EDT for Chatham County, Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 3 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
- Jul 6, 2025, 3:19 PM EDT (19:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2025, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Chatham County, NC, Lee County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Moncure, NC | Update: An EF-1 tornado touched down along Moncure Pittsboro Rd and snapped and uprooted several trees, before continuing to the NW for approximately 1.4 miles. |
| Jul 6, 3:24 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Moncure, NC | Update: An EF-1 tornado touched down along Moncure Pittsboro Rd and snapped and uprooted several trees, before continuing to the NW for approximately 1.4 miles. |
| Jul 6, 3:26 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Nw Moncure, NC | WNCN meteorologist observed multiple trees down, including at least one large pine snapped, in the 4000 block of Moncure Pittsboro Rd. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
643
WFUS52 KRAH 061919
TORRAH
NCC037-105-061945-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0013.250706T1919Z-250706T1945Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
319 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025
The National Weather Service in Raleigh has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Lee County in central North Carolina...
Western Chatham County in central North Carolina...
* Until 345 PM EDT.
* At 318 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Goldston, or 7 miles south of Pittsboro, moving
west at 20 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...
Goldston around 325 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cumnock, Harpers Crossroads, and Hasty.
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 3568 7909 3550 7916 3555 7955 3564 7955
3583 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1918Z 106DEG 18KT 3562 7922
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
NTL2 follow-up statements
047
WWUS52 KRAH 061925
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
325 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025
NCC037-105-061945-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250706T1945Z/
Lee NC-Chatham NC-
325 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LEE AND WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES...
At 324 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Goldston, or 9 miles southwest of Pittsboro, moving
west at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Goldston around 330 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Cumnock, Harpers Crossroads, and Hasty.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
&&
LAT...LON 3568 7909 3550 7916 3555 7955 3564 7955
3583 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 094DEG 20KT 3560 7926
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
NTL756
WWUS52 KRAH 061933
SVSRAH
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Raleigh NC
333 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025
NCC037-105-061945-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-250706T1945Z/
Lee NC-Chatham NC-
333 PM EDT Sun Jul 6 2025
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN LEE AND WESTERN CHATHAM COUNTIES...
At 333 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Goldston, or 10 miles northwest of Sanford, moving
west at 25 mph. An additional area of rotation was observed just
south of Pittsboro.
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 tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
northwestern Lee and western Chatham Counties, including the
following locations... Cumnock, Harpers Crossroads, and Hasty.
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 3568 7909 3550 7916 3555 7955 3564 7955
3583 7949
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 074DEG 21KT 3559 7931
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
NTLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 65 min |
| Jul 6, 1:52 AM EDT | Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 18 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:53 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 52 min |
| Jul 6, 6:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 61 min |
| Jul 6, 10:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke | 38 min |
| Jul 6, 11:33 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Hoke, Lee, Moore | 36 min |
| Jul 6, 1:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 45 min |
| Jul 6, 1:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 3:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Guilford, Lee, Orange and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 16 min |
| Jul 6, 3:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Lee, Orange, Randolph | 11 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 58 min |
| Jul 6, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 6:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 9 min |
| Jul 6, 6:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Moore | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 21 min |
| Jul 6, 7:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:37 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 33 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Orange | 77 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.