Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2014, 9:47 PM EDT for Franklin County, Nash County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2014, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2014, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Franklin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
990
WFUS52 KRAH 300147
TORRAH
NCC069-127-183-300230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0010.140330T0147Z-140330T0230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
947 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT
* AT 946 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 3
MILES NORTHEAST OF KNIGHTDALE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNN...PILOT.
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.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3592 7802 3577 7841 3582 7848 3611 7836
TIME...MOT...LOC 0146Z 228DEG 26KT 3583 7841
$$
322 follow-up statements
623
WWUS52 KRAH 300159
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
959 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC069-127-183-300230-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140330T0230Z/
NASH NC-WAKE NC-FRANKLIN NC-
959 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL NASH...NORTHEASTERN WAKE AND SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN
COUNTIES...
AT 957 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BUNN OR 5 MILES WEST OF PILOT... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30
MPH. THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED BUT A RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO MAY
STILL BE OCCURRING.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BUNN
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3582 7836 3586 7843 3605 7838 3611 7836
3594 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0157Z 228DEG 25KT 3588 7836
$$
32668
WWUS52 KRAH 300208
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1008 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC069-127-183-300217-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140330T0230Z/
NASH NC-WAKE NC-FRANKLIN NC-
1008 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL NASH...NORTHEASTERN WAKE AND
SOUTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL
POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
IF THE CIRCULATION BECOMES EVIDENT AGAIN... WE MAY HAVE TO REISSUE
FOR PORTIONS OF FRANKLIN OR NASH COUNTIES.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
RALEIGH.
LAT...LON 3582 7836 3586 7843 3605 7838 3611 7836
3594 7806
TIME...MOT...LOC 0202Z 228DEG 26KT 3593 7829
$$
32The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 min |
| Mar 29, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 9:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Vance, Wake, Warren | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 2:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 3:38 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth and 12 more | 17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.