Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 60, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2011, 6:47 PM EDT for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. 3 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, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wilkes County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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, 6:49 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Millers Creek, NC | A COUPLE OF TREES DOWN NEAR MILLERS CREEK. |
| May 24, 6:57 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 W Buck, NC | TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES WNW OF INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 16 AND HIGHWAY 421 |
| May 24, 7:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Millers Creek, NC | SEVRAL TREES REPORTED DOWN BY AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR. |
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, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 123 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.
914
WFUS51 KRNK 242247
TORRNK
NCC193-242315-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0060.110524T2247Z-110524T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
647 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL WILKES COUNTY IN NORTHWEST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT.
* AT 644 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR MAPLE
SPRINGS...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILBAR...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MAPLE SPRINGS...
MILLERS CREEK...
FAIRPLAINS...
WILKES COUNTY AIRPORT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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 3617 8149 3620 8146 3624 8147 3637 8092
3633 8087 3610 8088 3609 8148
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 265DEG 28KT 3617 8134
$$
16The 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, 3:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Surry, Wilkes, Yadkin | 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, 6:55 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 |
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.