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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 3, 2014Edgecombe County, Halifax County, North Carolina

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 683 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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 
$$

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1 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 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:05 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWayne, Wilson4 hr
Jul 3, 8:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson114 min
Jul 3, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe, Wilson37 min
Jul 3, 8:43 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe, Nash, Wilson32 min
Jul 3, 9:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHStanly66 min
Jul 3, 9:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHEdgecombe47 min
Jul 3, 10:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHEdgecombe, Halifax3 hr
Jul 3, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementRAHHalifax39 min
Jul 3, 11:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax3 hr
Jul 4, 12:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryRAHWayne, Wilson115 min
Jul 4, 12:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHWayne, Wilson117 min
Jul 4, 2:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningRAHEdgecombe, Halifax115 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.