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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 2014, 8:57 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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, 8:57 PM EDT (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2014, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Edgecombe County, NC, Halifax County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.
772
WFUS52 KRAH 040057
TORRAH
NCC065-083-040130-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0033.140704T0057Z-140704T0130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
857 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT
* AT 857 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEWISTON WOODVILLE...OR 16 MILES EAST OF
TARBORO...AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SCOTLAND NECK AND HOBGOOD.
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 3609 7730 3609 7731 3600 7741 3599 7741
3597 7739 3601 7766 3624 7748 3610 7729
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 122DEG 18KT 3600 7727
$$
771 follow-up statement
476
WWUS52 KRAH 040120
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
920 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
NCC065-083-040130-
/O.EXP.KRAH.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140704T0130Z/
HALIFAX NC-EDGECOMBE NC-
920 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HALIFAX AND NORTHEASTERN
EDGECOMBE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM EDT...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3609 7730 3609 7731 3600 7741 3599 7741
3597 7739 3601 7766 3624 7748 3610 7729
TIME...MOT...LOC 0117Z 122DEG 18KT 3600 7727
$$
77The 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, 8:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson | 32 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 |
Nearby
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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.