Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 7, 2005, 4:29 PM EDT for Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 min. 2 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 7, 2005, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2005, 5:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rockingham County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 4:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eden, NC | TREE ON HOUSE...RIVERSIDE DRIVE. |
| Jul 7, 4:48 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Eden, NC | TREE ON HOUSE...RIVERSIDE DRIVE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 072031 TORRNK NCC157-072115- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0008.050707T2029Z-050707T2115Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 429 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS EXTENDED THE * TORNADO WARNING FOR... ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 515 PM EDT * AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO COVERING THE WESTERN HALF OF ROCKINGHAM COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... STONEVILLE... WENTWORTH... EDEN... DRAPER... OREGON HILL... HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE TORNADO FORMATIONS. TAKE COVER. IF YOU WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE. 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. LAT...LON 3650 8001 3626 8000 3625 7959 3654 7961 $$ PEM
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS51 KRNK 072053 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 452 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC157-072115- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050707T2115Z/ ROCKINGHAM NC- 452 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY... AT 448 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRISONS CROSSROADS...JUST NORTHEAST OF WENTWORTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DRAPER...LAWSONVILLE...RUFFIN AND MAYFIELD. LAT...LON 3654 7983 3625 7969 3625 7954 3654 7952 $$ PM
000 WWUS51 KRNK 072117 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 516 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 NCC157-072126- /O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-050707T2115Z/ ROCKINGHAM NC- 516 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2005 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ROCKINGHAM COUNTY EXPIRED AT 515 PM EDT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED TO NEAR DANVILLE...AND AWAY FROM ROCKINGHAM COUNTY. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR STORM RELATED DAMAGE TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND ASK THEM TO IMMEDIATELY RELAY THE REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN BLACKSBURG. LAT...LON 3654 7983 3625 7969 3625 7954 3654 7952 $$ PEM
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, 4:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes | 31 min |
| Jul 7, 5:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 28 min |
Nearby
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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.