Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at May 11, 2008, 5:58 PM EDT for Hertford County, Northampton County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- May 11, 2008, 5:58 PM EDT (21:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2008, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Hertford County, NC, Northampton County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| May 11, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS51 KAKQ 112158
TORAKQ
NCC091-131-112245-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0039.080511T2158Z-080511T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
558 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
EASTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 18 MILES WEST OF
RICH SQUARE...OR NEAR HALIFAX...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RICH SQUARE BY 625 PM EDT...
WOODLAND AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF CONWAY BY 635 PM EDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW IF YOU WAIT
TO SEE OR HEAR IT COMING...IT MAY BE TOO LATE TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE.
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.
LAT...LON 3625 7712 3624 7722 3623 7722 3618 7737
3621 7740 3624 7739 3626 7743 3631 7745
3629 7754 3633 7759 3639 7756 3641 7757
3652 7727
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 258DEG 29KT 3626 7756
$$
HURLEY1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS51 KAKQ 112226
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
626 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
NCC091-131-112245-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080511T2245Z/
HERTFORD NC-NORTHAMPTON NC-
626 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
NORTHAMPTON AND SOUTHWESTERN HERTFORD COUNTIES...
AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATIONN ALOFT...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE SEVERE PORTION OF THIS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR RICH SQUARE...MOVING EAST AT 33 MPH.
THE STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WILL BE NEAR...
POTECASI BY 630 PM EDT...
WOODLAND...6 MILES SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE AND 8 MILES SOUTH OF CONWAY
BY 635 PM EDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. A TORNADO WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST
NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3624 7722 3623 7722 3621 7727 3622 7729
3621 7730 3620 7733 3647 7741 3652 7727
3625 7712
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 258DEG 29KT 3631 7729
$$
HURLEYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 47 min |
| May 11, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Hertford | 33 min |
| May 11, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 40 min |
| May 11, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 43 min |
| May 11, 7:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 48 min |
| May 11, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 3 hr |
| May 11, 7:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Currituck | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.