Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2014, 8:09 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 29, 2014, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2014, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Harnett County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
132
WFUS52 KRAH 300009
TORRAH
NCC085-300045-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0007.140330T0009Z-140330T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
809 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT
* AT 807 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES WEST OF LILLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LILLINGTON...ANGIER AND BUIES CREEK.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
&&
LAT...LON 3534 7895 3538 7903 3556 7887 3545 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 240DEG 49KT 3538 7892
$$
322 follow-up statements
854
WWUS52 KRAH 300015
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
815 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC085-300045-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140330T0045Z/
HARNETT NC-
815 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN HARNETT COUNTY...
AT 813 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE RAIN WRAPPED
TORNADO NEAR LILLINGTON. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL
CLOUD EARLIER WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LILLINGTON AND BUIES CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
DARKNESS AND HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO
SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3535 7893 3535 7895 3545 7896 3546 7896
3554 7889 3545 7865
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 240DEG 49KT 3542 7883
$$
32917
WWUS52 KRAH 300027
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
827 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC085-300045-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140330T0045Z/
HARNETT NC-
827 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY...
AT 826 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES NORTHWEST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
NORTH CENTRAL HARNETT COUNTY.
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.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OBSCURE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR
THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3538 7885 3546 7892 3552 7885
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 230DEG 27KT 3544 7879
$$
32The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 45 min |
| Mar 29, 9:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wake | 40 min |
| Mar 29, 9:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RAH | Franklin, Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 2 hr |
| Mar 29, 9:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Wake | 43 min |
| Mar 29, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Halifax | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 1:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Franklin, Nash, Vance, Wake, Warren | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 2:40 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RAH | Warren | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 3:38 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | RAH | Alamance, Anson, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth and 12 more | 17 hr |
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.