Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2010
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2010, 8:48 PM EDT for Caswell County, Rockingham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 28, 2010, 8:48 PM EDT (00:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2010, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Caswell County, NC, Rockingham County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:58 PM EDT | HAIL 1.75 | 5 S Reidsville, NC | PING PONG TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR MONROETON. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:37 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 443 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
337
WFUS51 KRNK 290048
TORRNK
NCC033-157-290145-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0002.100329T0048Z-100329T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
848 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
CASWELL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT.
* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTH OF
MONROETON...OR 8 MILES NORTH OF GREENSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45
MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP SPRINGS...
YANCEYVILLE...
HAMER...
SEMORA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3625 7982 3655 7931 3654 7914 3637 7915
3624 7930
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 237DEG 41KT 3620 7974
$$3 follow-up statements
192
WWUS51 KRNK 290106
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
906 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
NCC033-157-290145-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100329T0145Z/
ROCKINGHAM NC-CASWELL NC-
906 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR CASWELL
AND CENTRAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTIES...
AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF CAMP
SPRINGS...OR 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REIDSVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
45 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CAMP SPRINGS...
YANCEYVILLE...
HAMER...
SEMORA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3626 7950 3628 7971 3655 7931 3654 7914
3637 7915
TIME...MOT...LOC 0106Z 237DEG 41KT 3631 7956
$$
DS704
WWUS51 KRNK 290122
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
922 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
NCC157-290131-
/O.CAN.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100329T0145Z/
ROCKINGHAM NC-
922 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROCKINGHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
POSSIBLE TORNADO HAD MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3640 7915 3630 7947 3640 7948 3655 7931
3654 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 237DEG 41KT 3637 7943
$$
NCC033-290145-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100329T0145Z/
CASWELL NC-
922 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
CASWELL COUNTY...
AT 919 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
YANCEYVILLE...OR NEAR CAMP SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YANCEYVILLE...
HAMER...
MILTON...
SEMORA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
&&
LAT...LON 3640 7915 3630 7947 3640 7948 3655 7931
3654 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0121Z 237DEG 41KT 3637 7943
$$
DS979
WWUS51 KRNK 290143
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
943 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
NCC033-290152-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100329T0145Z/
CASWELL NC-
943 PM EDT SUN MAR 28 2010
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CASWELL COUNTY EXPIRES AT 945 PM EDT...
AT 942 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE...THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CENTRAL VIRGINIA.
LAT...LON 3640 7915 3630 7947 3640 7948 3655 7931
3654 7914
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 237DEG 41KT 3649 7921
$$
DSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 9:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 6 hr |
| Mar 28, 10:36 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 13 hr |
| Mar 28, 11:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 23 min |
| Mar 29, 1:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 8 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | RNK | Caswell | 8 hr |
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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.