Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 21, 2014, 12:13 PM EST for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Feb 21, 2014, 12:13 PM EST (17:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 1:00 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Robeson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 12:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 W Pembroke, NC | A HOME WAS REPORTEDLY DAMAGED NEAR ELROD ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Feb 21, 12:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sw Rennert, NC | MULTIPLE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Feb 21, 12:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se St. Pauls, NC | TREE ON VEHICLE |
| Feb 21, 12:40 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Ene St. Pauls, NC | ROOF OFF SHED. METAL CARPORT BEGINNING TO LIFT UP. |
| Feb 21, 12:50 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Se St. Pauls, NC | TREE ON VEHICLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 10:02 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 679 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
466
WFUS52 KILM 211713
TORILM
NCC155-211800-
/O.NEW.KILM.TO.W.0001.140221T1713Z-140221T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1213 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 100 PM EST
* AT 1212 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RAEMON...OR
ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LAURINBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BUIE...
RED SPRINGS...
REX...
ST. PAULS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
GET UNDER A TABLE OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. 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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3495 7902 3492 7897 3475 7886 3453 7931
3467 7943 3471 7939 3484 7921 3484 7919
3496 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1713Z 230DEG 50KT 3467 7928
$$
SGL3 follow-up statements
552
WWUS52 KILM 211728
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1228 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
NCC155-211800-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ROBESON NC-
1228 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR NORTHERN
ROBESON COUNTY...
AT 1227 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR RENNERT...OR 5
MILES EAST OF RED SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO REX...LUMBER
BRIDGE...ST. PAULS AND PARKTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3495 7902 3492 7897 3475 7886 3460 7916
3477 7929 3484 7921 3484 7919 3496 7904
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 230DEG 50KT 3481 7907
$$
SGL689
WWUS52 KILM 211738
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1238 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
NCC155-211800-
/O.CON.KILM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ROBESON NC-
1238 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR
NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY...
AT 1235 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKTON...OR 11
MILES EAST OF RED SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
&&
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3486 7915 3496 7904 3495 7902 3492 7897
3475 7886 3469 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 230DEG 50KT 3489 7895
$$
SGL313
WWUS52 KILM 211749
SVSILM
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1249 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
NCC155-211759-
/O.CAN.KILM.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1800Z/
ROBESON NC-
1249 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IS CANCELED...
AT 1248 PM EST...THE TORNADO WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS
DISSIPATED...THUS THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EST FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...DOWNED TREES OR DAMAGING WINDS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC...TOLL FREE AT 800-697-3901...WHEN
YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3486 7915 3496 7904 3495 7902 3492 7897
3475 7886 3469 7899
TIME...MOT...LOC 1749Z 230DEG 50KT 3499 7880
$$
SGLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 8:21 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | ILM | 4 hr | |
| Feb 21, 11:59 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 12:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus, Robeson | 63 min |
| Feb 21, 1:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | Brunswick, Columbus | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 1:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 59 min |
| Feb 21, 2:07 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | ILM | New Hanover | 23 min |
| Feb 21, 2:09 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 96 min | |
| Feb 21, 2:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 58 min | |
| Feb 21, 3:04 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | ILM | 56 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.