Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 15, 2014, 6:06 PM EDT for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. 2 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
- May 15, 2014, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2014, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Durham County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 6:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Durham, NC | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN...ALONG HOPE VALLEY RD. DAMAGE LOCATION MATCHES WELL WITH KRAX CC TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE. |
| May 15, 6:10 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Sw Durham, NC | NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. DAMAGE LOCATION MATCHES WELL WITH KRAX CC TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
984
WFUS52 KRAH 152206
TORRAH
NCC063-152230-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0029.140515T2206Z-140515T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
606 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DURHAM COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 605 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER DURHAM...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DURHAM...BAHAMA...GORMAN...LAKE MICHIE...ENO RIVER STATE PARK.
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 3617 7881 3610 7880 3609 7881 3608 7879
3607 7879 3607 7876 3590 7891 3590 7901
3605 7899 3619 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 195DEG 24KT 3596 7895
$$
772 follow-up statements
858
WWUS52 KRAH 152212
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
612 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
NCC063-152230-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140515T2230Z/
DURHAM NC-
612 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
DURHAM COUNTY...
AT 611 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
DURHAM...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... DURHAM... DUKE UNIVERSITY...
BAHAMA...LAKE MICHIE... ENO RIVER STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3617 7881 3610 7880 3609 7881 3608 7879
3607 7879 3607 7876 3594 7890 3594 7899
3604 7898 3619 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 186DEG 18KT 3596 7894
$$
77681
WWUS52 KRAH 152229
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
629 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
NCC063-152238-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140515T2230Z/
DURHAM NC-
629 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL DURHAM COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630
PM EDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3617 7881 3610 7880 3609 7881 3608 7879
3607 7879 3607 7876 3594 7890 3594 7899
3604 7898 3619 7896
TIME...MOT...LOC 2223Z 195DEG 24KT 3596 7894
$$
77The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 3:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Durham and 22 more | 25 hr |
| May 15, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Forsyth | 58 min |
| May 15, 9:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Davidson, Stanly | 39 min |
| May 15, 9:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Stanly | 20 min |
| May 15, 9:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| May 15, 10:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 51 min |
| May 15, 10:38 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Randolph | 37 min |
| May 15, 10:42 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Anson, Davidson, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Moore and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 15, 10:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 46 min |
| May 15, 11:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Alamance | 46 min |
| May 15, 11:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Chatham | 37 min |
| May 15, 11:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Cumberland | 44 min |
| May 15, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Lee | 43 min |
| May 15, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 34 min |
| May 15, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| May 15, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 27 min |
| May 15, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wake | 21 min |
| May 15, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Wake | 47 min |
| May 15, 1:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Durham, Orange, Wake | 114 min |
| May 15, 2:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin | 64 min |
| May 15, 3:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 3 hr |
| May 15, 3:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Wayne | 25 min |
| May 15, 5:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 51 min |
| May 15, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Granville, Orange | 66 min |
| May 15, 6:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 3 hr |
| May 15, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 56 min |
| May 15, 6:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 36 min |
| May 15, 7:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Durham | 54 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.