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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2014, 8:43 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
- Jul 3, 2014, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Nash County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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
- 683 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 600 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
243
WFUS52 KRAH 040043
TORRAH
NCC065-127-195-040115-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0032.140704T0043Z-140704T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
843 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN NASH COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
WEST CENTRAL EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 840 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD EAST
OF ELM CITY...ON THE EDGECOMBE WILSON COUNTY LINE...OR 9 MILES
SOUTH OF ROCKY MOUNT. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO MOVING
WEST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ROCKY MOUNT...NASHVILLE...WILSON...ELM CITY...SHARPSBURG...SIMS...
TAR RIVER RESERVOIR...KINGSBORO AND NEW HOPE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SEEN BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
AND A TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. 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 3592 7765 3576 7775 3576 7809 3599 7804
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 109DEG 17KT 3582 7779
$$
102 follow-up statements
503
WWUS52 KRAH 040100
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
900 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
NCC065-040106-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140704T0115Z/
EDGECOMBE NC-
900 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL EDGECOMBE COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3592 7780 3587 7783 3586 7782 3586 7781
3577 7782 3576 7809 3599 7804 3594 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 109DEG 17KT 3585 7788
$$
NCC127-195-040115-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140704T0115Z/
NASH NC-WILSON NC-
900 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN NASH AND NORTHWESTERN WILSON COUNTIES...
AT 856 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO. A
TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
BETWEEN ELM CITY AND SHARPSBURG...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROCKY
MOUNT...MOVING WEST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NASHVILLE...WILSON...ELM
CITY...SHARPSBURG... AND SIMS.
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 3592 7780 3587 7783 3586 7782 3586 7781
3577 7782 3576 7809 3599 7804 3594 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0056Z 109DEG 17KT 3585 7788
$$
WSS447
WWUS52 KRAH 040109
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
909 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
NCC127-195-040119-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-140704T0115Z/
NASH NC-WILSON NC-
909 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NASH AND NORTHWESTERN WILSON
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3592 7780 3587 7783 3586 7782 3586 7781
3577 7782 3576 7809 3599 7804 3594 7780
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 109DEG 17KT 3585 7788
$$
WSSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 114 min |
| Jul 3, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 37 min |
| Jul 3, 8:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 33 min |
| Jul 3, 9:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Stanly | 66 min |
| Jul 3, 9:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Edgecombe | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 10:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 3 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 11:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 12:05 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 115 min |
| Jul 4, 12:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 117 min |
| Jul 4, 2:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 115 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.