Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 64, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2011, 4:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- Aug 29, 2011, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Bertie County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Gates County, NC, Hertford County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 1590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
794
WFUS51 KAKQ 292029
TORAKQ
NCC015-041-073-091-292100-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0064.110829T2029Z-110829T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
429 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN BERTIE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GATES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHEASTERN HERTFORD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 500 PM EDT
* AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRELLSVILLE...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
HARRELLSVILLE AROUND 440 PM EDT.
COLERAIN AROUND 455 PM EDT.
ROCKYHOCK...TYNER AND RYLAND AROUND 500 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE NEWSOME
STORE...GOOSE POND...ARROWHEAD BEACH...MILL CROSSROADS AND SMALLS
CROSSROADS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
WAKEFIELD AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE... OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3610 7663 3614 7673 3623 7673 3622 7674
3615 7674 3615 7675 3621 7691 3635 7685
3632 7656 3628 7657 3625 7659 3621 7659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 283DEG 10KT 3627 7684
$$
SCALORA1 follow-up statement
870
WWUS51 KAKQ 292052
SVSAKQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
452 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
NCC015-041-073-091-292100-
/O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110829T2100Z/
HERTFORD NC-CHOWAN NC-GATES NC-BERTIE NC-
452 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN BERTIE...
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GATES...NORTHWESTERN CHOWAN AND EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN HERTFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM EDT...
AT 450 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HARRELLSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ROCKYHOCK...TYNER AND RYLAND AROUND 500 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE ARROWHEAD
BEACH...MILL CROSSROADS...SMALLS CROSSROADS AND ICARIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAA'S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4 IN WAKEFIELD.
&&
LAT...LON 3614 7673 3623 7673 3615 7675 3617 7680
3633 7670 3632 7656 3628 7657 3625 7659
3621 7659 3610 7663
TIME...MOT...LOC 2052Z 283DEG 10KT 3626 7676
$$
SCALORAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northampton | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 50 min |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 4:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chowan | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie | 32 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.