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Tornado Warning 27, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 30, 2014, 5:24 AM EDT for Durham County, Granville County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
- Apr 30, 2014, 5:24 AM EDT (09:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2014, 6:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Durham County, NC, Granville County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 369 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 416 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
173
WFUS52 KRAH 300924
TORRAH
NCC063-077-183-301015-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0027.140430T0924Z-140430T1015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
524 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTH CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
CENTRAL DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 615 AM EDT
* AT 524 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR DURHAM...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM...CREEDMOOR...BUTNER...STEM...BEREA...LAKE BUTNER...
GORMAN...FALLS LAKE STATE REC AREA...LAKE MICHIE...ROLLINGVIEW
MARINA AND FALLS LAKE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3627 7851 3618 7851 3617 7850 3615 7851
3592 7876 3598 7893 3622 7882 3624 7880
3636 7879
TIME...MOT...LOC 0924Z 208DEG 32KT 3601 7884
$$
772 follow-up statements
980
WWUS52 KRAH 300944
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
544 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
NCC063-183-300951-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140430T1015Z/
WAKE NC-DURHAM NC-
544 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WAKE AND CENTRAL DURHAM
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF
DURHAM AND WAKE COUNTIES. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3627 7851 3618 7851 3617 7850 3614 7852
3611 7855 3608 7869 3607 7879 3609 7881
3635 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 214DEG 24KT 3610 7875
$$
NCC077-301015-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140430T1015Z/
GRANVILLE NC-
544 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
GRANVILLE COUNTY...
AT 541 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
BUTNER...OR NEAR CREEDMOOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CREEDMOOR...BUTNER...STEM...BEREA...LAKE BUTNER... FALLS LAKE AND
LOCATIONS ALONG I-85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 202.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3627 7851 3618 7851 3617 7850 3614 7852
3611 7855 3608 7869 3607 7879 3609 7881
3635 7876
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 214DEG 24KT 3610 7875
$$
77169
WWUS52 KRAH 300953
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
553 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
NCC077-301015-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140430T1015Z/
GRANVILLE NC-
553 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 AM EDT FOR CENTRAL
GRANVILLE COUNTY...
AT 551 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
CREEDMOOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CREEDMOOR...BUTNER...STEM... LAKE
BUTNER... AND LOCATIONS ALONG I-85 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 191 AND 202.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3627 7851 3612 7868 3613 7878 3633 7872
TIME...MOT...LOC 0951Z 207DEG 28KT 3617 7870
$$
77The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 29, 8:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Apr 29, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 39 min |
| Apr 29, 10:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wilson | 3 hr |
| Apr 29, 10:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 67 min |
| Apr 29, 11:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 61 min |
| Apr 30, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 12:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 4:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 4:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 4:51 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 6:08 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 52 min |
| Apr 30, 6:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Person | 20 min |
| Apr 30, 11:59 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 12:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Wake | 63 min |
| Apr 30, 1:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Franklin, Granville, Halifax, Nash, Vance and 3 more | 87 min |
| Apr 30, 1:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 54 min |
| Apr 30, 1:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 2:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Halifax | 2 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.