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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this tornado warning at Apr 25, 2014, 8:01 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 25, 2014, 8:01 PM EDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nnw Pasquotank, NC | SEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED ON FOREMAN BUNDY RD |
| Apr 25, 8:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Meadowland Mobile Home, NC | MOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED ON LOBELL LN |
| Apr 25, 8:07 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ese Rabbit Corner, NC | POSSIBLE TORNADO AT HALLS CREEK RD AS REPORTED BY 911 CENTER |
| Apr 25, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | Elizabeth City, NC | |
| Apr 25, 8:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 67 | 1 Wsw Possum Quarter, NC | ELIZABETH CITY RAWS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:19 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 10 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 1841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 375 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 14.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
471 WFUS51 KAKQ 260001 TORAKQ NCC029-053-139-143-260030- /O.NEW.KAKQ.TO.W.0009.140426T0001Z-140426T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 801 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CAMDEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL CURRITUCK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... CENTRAL PASQUOTANK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... NORTHERN PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 756 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CHAPANOKE...OR 5 MILES NORTH OF WINFALL...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR... ELIZABETH CITY AND ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY AROUND 820 PM EDT. CAMDEN AROUND 830 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS DANGEROUS STORM INCLUDE BURNT MILLS...LAMBS CORNER...SPENCES CORNER...BELCROSS AND GREGORY. 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 3652 7608 3631 7600 3615 7644 3633 7654 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 242DEG 21KT 3629 7638 $$ JBILLET
1 follow-up statement
193 WWUS51 KAKQ 260013 SVSAKQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 813 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 NCC029-053-139-143-260030- /O.CON.KAKQ.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140426T0030Z/ PASQUOTANK NC-PERQUIMANS NC-CAMDEN NC-CURRITUCK NC- 813 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL CURRITUCK... CENTRAL CAMDEN...NORTHERN PERQUIMANS AND CENTRAL PASQUOTANK COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT... AT 810 PM EDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HALLS CREEK IN PASQUOTANK COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... ELIZABETH CITY AND ELIZABETH CITY STATE UNIVERSITY AROUND 820 PM EDT. CAMDEN AND WHITEHALL SHORES AROUND 830 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THE TORNADO INCLUDE BURNT MILLS...SPENCES CORNER...LAMBS CORNER...BELCROSS AND GREGORY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. && LAT...LON 3652 7608 3631 7600 3615 7644 3633 7654 TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 242DEG 21KT 3632 7632 $$ JBILLET
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 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.