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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 25, 20144 counties in North Carolina

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 25, 8:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG1 Nnw Pasquotank, NCSEVERAL HOMES DESTROYED ON FOREMAN BUNDY RD
Apr 25, 8:06 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMeadowland Mobile Home, NCMOBILE HOMES OVERTURNED ON LOBELL LN
Apr 25, 8:07 PM EDTTORNADO1 Ese Rabbit Corner, NCPOSSIBLE TORNADO AT HALLS CREEK RD AS REPORTED BY 911 CENTER
Apr 25, 8:15 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 64Elizabeth City, NC
Apr 25, 8:15 PM EDTTSTM WND GST 671 Wsw Possum Quarter, NCELIZABETH 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 25, 1:19 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC10 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1841 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 301 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQCamden, Currituck49 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.