Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2010, 4:14 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 5 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 13, 2010, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2010, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alleghany County, NC, Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 13, 4:32 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Wsw Elkin, NC | TREE DOWN ALONG MACEDONIA CHURCH ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY 268. WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 40-50 MPH. LOTS OF SMALL TREE LIMBS DOWN. |
| Jul 13, 4:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Ronda, NC | TREE DOWN IN RONDA |
| Jul 13, 4:37 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Se Dobson, NC | 2 TREES DOWN ON ROCKFORD ROAD |
| Jul 13, 4:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nnw Boonville, NC | TREE DOWN ALONG JOE LAYNE MILL ROAD... JUST OFF OF HIGHWAY 268. |
| Jul 13, 4:46 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 40 | 5 N Boonville, NC | TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER WITH WEATHER EQUIPMENT MEASURED 40 MPH WIND GUST...PEA SIZE HAIL... AND 1.67 INCHES OF RAIN. |
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 13, 2:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 403 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 680 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
020 WFUS51 KRNK 132014 TORRNK NCC005-171-193-197-132100- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0013.100713T2014Z-100713T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 414 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT. * AT 412 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENHAM...OR NEAR TRAPHILL...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BENHAM... STATE ROAD... ELKIN... BURCH... CRUTCHFIELD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. && LAT...LON 3642 8058 3611 8067 3623 8127 3644 8107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 282DEG 15KT 3630 8097 $$ MC
1 follow-up statement
543 WWUS51 KRNK 132100 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 500 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 NCC005-171-193-197-132108- /O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100713T2100Z/ YADKIN NC-WILKES NC-SURRY NC-ALLEGHANY NC- 500 PM EDT TUE JUL 13 2010 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALLEGHANY...SOUTHWESTERN SURRY...NORTHEASTERN WILKES AND NORTHWESTERN YADKIN COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 500 PM EDT... HOWEVER...A NEW TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED NORTHERN YADKIN...SOUTHWESTERN STOKES...AND SOUTHEASTERN SURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM. SEE LATEST WBCTORRNK FOR DETAILS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA. LAT...LON 3642 8058 3611 8067 3623 8127 3644 8107 TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 282DEG 15KT 3626 8075 $$ RCS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 3:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Watauga, Wilkes | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 4:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 5:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 43 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.