Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 30, 2005, 1:39 PM EDT for Surry County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 30, 2005, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2005, 2:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Surry County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:25 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 470 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 833 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS51 KRNK 301740 TORRNK NCC171-301815- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0011.050830T1739Z-050830T1815Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 139 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 215 PM EDT * AT 137 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MOUNTAIN PARK...OR ABOUT NEAR MOUNTAIN PARK...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MOUNTAIN PARK... DOBSON... PINE RIDGE... TOAST... MOUNT AIRY... IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3640 8094 3625 8079 3654 8048 3656 8086 $$ WERT
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KRNK 301754 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 153 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 NCC171-301815- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050830T1815Z/ SURRY NC- 153 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM EDT FOR SURRY COUNTY... AT 151 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOTTOM...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOAST...MOUNT AIRY AND FLAT ROCK. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3640 8094 3625 8079 3654 8048 3656 8086 $$ WERT
000 WWUS51 KRNK 301804 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 203 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 NCC171-301813- /O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-050830T1815Z/ SURRY NC- 203 PM EDT TUE AUG 30 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SURRY COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED NORTH AND OUT OF THE COUNTY...THEREFORE THE TORNADO WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SURRY COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. LAT...LON 3640 8094 3625 8079 3654 8048 3656 8086 $$ WERT
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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.