Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 57, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 3:51 PM EDT for Surry County, Wilkes County, Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
- May 24, 2011, 3:51 PM EDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Surry County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 4:03 PM EDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 Wsw Mountain Park, NC | |
| May 24, 4:10 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 4 N Elkin, NC | |
| May 24, 4:21 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Boonville, NC | |
| May 24, 4:23 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 S Fairview, NC | |
| May 24, 4:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Traphill, NC | TREES DOWN. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 451 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1350 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
228 WFUS51 KRNK 241951 TORRNK NCC171-193-197-242030- /O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0057.110524T1951Z-110524T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 351 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA SOUTHWESTERN SURRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTERN WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 430 PM EDT. * AT 349 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BENHAM...OR NEAR TRAPHILL...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BENHAM... PLEASANT HILL... STATE ROAD... BURCH... CRUTCHFIELD... 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. && LAT...LON 3641 8058 3618 8057 3622 8111 3635 8112 TIME...MOT...LOC 1950Z 267DEG 27KT 3629 8099 $$ 16
1 follow-up statement
223 WWUS51 KRNK 242011 SVSRNK SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 411 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 NCC171-193-197-242030- /O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110524T2030Z/ YADKIN NC-SURRY NC-WILKES NC- 411 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR NORTHEASTERN WILKES...SOUTHWESTERN SURRY AND NORTHWESTERN YADKIN COUNTIES... AT 407 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ELKIN...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ELKIN... BURCH... CRUTCHFIELD... ROCKFORD... LEVEL CROSS... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG AT...1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3624 8091 3637 8095 3641 8058 3620 8057 TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 273DEG 27KT 3629 8079 $$ 16
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 48 min |
| May 24, 12:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 58 min |
| May 24, 12:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell, Rockingham, Stokes | 58 min |
| May 24, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes, Yadkin | 56 min |
| May 24, 3:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes | 39 min |
| May 24, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 64 min |
| May 24, 4:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 40 min |
| May 24, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 53 min |
| May 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes | 57 min |
| May 24, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 58 min |
| May 24, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Wilkes | 39 min |
| May 24, 6:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 5 hr |
| May 24, 6:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Watauga, Wilkes | 65 min |
| May 24, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 55 min |
| May 24, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 28 min |
| May 24, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany, Stokes, Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 65 min |
| May 24, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe | 50 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 61 min |
| May 24, 7:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Wilkes, Yadkin | 46 min |
| May 24, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 67 min |
| May 24, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 65 min |
| May 24, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.