Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jan 11, 2014, 1:23 PM EST for Alamance County, Chatham County, Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Jan 11, 2014, 1:23 PM EST (18:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 11, 2014, 2:00 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Alamance County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Orange County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 1:32 PM EST | FUNNEL CLOUD | Bynum, NC | TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD ON HIGHWAY 15-501 AT THE HAW RIVER BRIDGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 11:50 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -173 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 419 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
019
WFUS52 KRAH 111823
TORRAH
NCC001-037-135-111900-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0001.140111T1823Z-140111T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
123 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ALAMANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
CHATHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST
* AT 123 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF SILER CITY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...BYNUM...CANE CREEK RESERVOIR...
SAXAPAHAW...SNOW CAMP...SUTPHIN AND FEARRINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL AUTHORITY WHO WILL RELAY YOUR
REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3563 7940 3583 7948 3610 7919 3569 7903
TIME...MOT...LOC 1823Z 240DEG 49KT 3579 7934
$$
ELLIS2 follow-up statements
871
WWUS52 KRAH 111833 RRA
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
133 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
NCC001-111843-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1900Z/
ALAMANCE NC-
133 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN ALAMANCE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3569 7903 3566 7926 3584 7925 3586 7925
3589 7926 3603 7926 3610 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 240DEG 49KT 3586 7919
$$
NCC037-135-111900-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1900Z/
CHATHAM NC-ORANGE NC-
133 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 PM EST FOR CHATHAM
AND SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES...
AT 133 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CARRBORO...OR 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHAPEL HILL...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PITTSBORO...BYNUM...CANE CREEK RESERVOIR AND FEARRINGTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. IF YOU
CANNOT SAFELY DRIVE AWAY FROM THE TORNADO...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER
PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN
IN A LOW LYING AREA AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3569 7903 3566 7926 3584 7925 3586 7925
3589 7926 3603 7926 3610 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 1833Z 240DEG 49KT 3586 7919
$$
ELLIS407
WWUS52 KRAH 111849
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
149 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
NCC037-135-111858-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140111T1900Z/
CHATHAM NC-ORANGE NC-
149 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CHATHAM AND SOUTHWESTERN ORANGE COUNTIES
IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
REMEMBER...A TORNADO WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN
CHATHAM...SOUTHERN ORANGE...DURHAM...AND WAKE COUNTIES.
LAT...LON 3569 7903 3566 7926 3584 7925 3586 7925
3589 7926 3603 7926 3610 7919
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 240DEG 49KT 3597 7896
$$
ELLISThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 9:01 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 9:16 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 9:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 49 min |
| Jan 10, 9:29 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Cumberland | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Sampson, Wayne | 28 min |
| Jan 10, 10:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 52 min |
| Jan 10, 10:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Johnston, Nash, Wake, Wilson | 66 min |
| Jan 11, 6:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford | 77 min |
| Jan 11, 8:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Durham, Orange, Person | 49 min |
| Jan 11, 9:15 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake and 1 more | 75 min |
| Jan 11, 9:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange, Person | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 10:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Lee, Vance | 52 min |
| Jan 11, 10:49 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 56 min |
| Jan 11, 11:58 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 62 min |
| Jan 11, 12:06 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond, Stanly | 39 min |
| Jan 11, 12:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 3 hr |
| Jan 11, 12:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Randolph | 40 min |
| Jan 11, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 60 min |
| Jan 11, 12:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Guilford, Randolph | 55 min |
| Jan 11, 1:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 54 min |
| Jan 11, 1:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Moore | 38 min |
| Jan 11, 1:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Johnston, Sampson | 59 min |
| Jan 11, 1:41 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange, Wake | 34 min |
| Jan 11, 1:42 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange, Person | 2 hr |
| Jan 11, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Person, Vance, Wake | 60 min |
| Jan 11, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Johnston, Nash, Sampson, Wayne and 1 more | 60 min |
| Jan 11, 2:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Johnston, Wake | 29 min |
| Jan 11, 2:13 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 32 min |
| Jan 11, 2:20 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Johnston | 25 min |
| Jan 11, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash, Warren | 53 min |
| Jan 11, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Wayne, Wilson | 56 min |
| Jan 11, 3:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson | 37 min |
| Jan 11, 4:55 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Moore | 6 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Alamance | 23 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:48 PM EST | River Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 32 hr |
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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.