Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 6, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2005, 4:02 PM EDT for Stokes 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
- Jul 7, 2005, 4:02 PM EDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 4:33 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stokes County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 309 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KRNK 072003
TORRNK
NCC169-072030-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0006.050707T2002Z-050707T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
402 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN STOKES COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 4 MILES EAST OF
DILLARD...OR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DILLARD...
AYERSVILLE...
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 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3630 8003 3630 8005 3629 8006 3627 8015
3632 8015 3633 8016 3646 8016 3649 8003
$$
PEM2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS51 KRNK 072025
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
424 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
NCC169-072030-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-050707T2030Z/
STOKES NC-
424 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005
...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR STOKES COUNTY...
AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO OVER EASTERN
STOKES COUNTY. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN IN DANBURY
ALONG WITH NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3630 8003 3630 8005 3629 8006 3627 8015
3632 8015 3633 8016 3646 8016 3649 8003
$$
PM000 WWUS51 KRNK 072032 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 432 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 VAC143-072100- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-050707T2100Z/ PITTSYLVANIA VA- 432 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY... AT 431 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AIKEN SUMMIT...OR JUST WEST OF AXTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SANDY RIVER...SWANSONVILLE AND CALLANDS. 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 1000 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3655 7972 3655 7956 3687 7947 3687 7964 $$ JDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 24 min |
| Jul 7, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 38 min |
| Jul 7, 3:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 56 min |
| Jul 7, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 35 min |
| Jul 7, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 48 min |
| Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 28 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.