Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT for Harnett County, Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 5 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
- Mar 29, 2014, 8:30 PM EDT (00:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2014, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:55 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 E Fuquay-Varina, NC | SPOTTER REPORTED A DISTINCT FUNNEL CLOUD AT OLD STAGE ROAD NEAR HIGHWAY 42. |
| Mar 29, 8:55 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 6 E Fuquay-Varina, NC | |
| Mar 29, 8:55 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Nne Angier, NC | LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES UPROOTED ALONG OLD CLAYTON ROAD IN WILLOW SPRINGS. POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. |
| Mar 29, 8:57 PM EDT | TORNADO | 6 Nne Angier, NC | NEAR INTERSECTION OF OLD STAGE ROAD AND NC HIGHWAY 42. HOME SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL SHINGLE DAMAGE. OUTBUILDING PICKED-UP AND MOVED 50 YARDS AND DESTROYED. |
| Mar 29, 9:08 PM EDT | TORNADO | 3 S Garner, NC | MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE SUSTAINED TO A RESIDENCE AT THE INTERSECTION OF TREBOR DRIVE AND CROSS POINTE LANE. MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED 80 MPH CAUSING EF0 DAMAGE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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.
659
WFUS52 KRAH 300030
TORRAH
NCC085-101-183-300115-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0008.140330T0030Z-140330T0115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
830 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL JOHNSTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
SOUTH CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN HARNETT COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 915 PM EDT
* AT 829 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
5 MILES NORTH OF LILLINGTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LILLINGTON...GARNER...FUQUAY-VARINA...ANGIER...BUIES CREEK AND
COATS CROSSROADS.
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 7881 3547 7893 3571 7863 3550 7843
TIME...MOT...LOC 0029Z 233DEG 21KT 3545 7880
$$
322 follow-up statements
845
WWUS52 KRAH 300044
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
844 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC085-101-183-300115-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T0115Z/
JOHNSTON NC-WAKE NC-HARNETT NC-
844 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JOHNSTON...SOUTH CENTRAL WAKE AND NORTH CENTRAL HARNETT
COUNTIES...
AT 842 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
ANGIER...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF LILLINGTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE OBSERVED EARLIER BY TRAINED SPOTTERS OVER
WESTERN HARNETT COUNTY. ALTHOUGH A TORNADO HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED...
RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARNER AND ANGIER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3547 7876 3550 7881 3561 7876 3571 7863
3560 7852
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 219DEG 23KT 3553 7875
$$
32477
WWUS52 KRAH 300057
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
857 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC085-101-300105-
/O.CAN.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T0115Z/
JOHNSTON NC-HARNETT NC-
857 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL JOHNSTON AND NORTH CENTRAL
HARNETT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3564 7855 3553 7869 3552 7871 3555 7876
3567 7869 3571 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 224DEG 22KT 3558 7868
$$
NCC183-300115-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140330T0115Z/
WAKE NC-
857 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL WAKE COUNTY...
AT 855 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 5
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GARRNER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. TAKE SHELTER AS A TORNADO MAY BE
RAIN WRAPPED AND DIFFICULT TO SEE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GARNER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3564 7855 3553 7869 3552 7871 3555 7876
3567 7869 3571 7863
TIME...MOT...LOC 0055Z 224DEG 22KT 3558 7868
$$
32The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 8:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett | 36 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 |
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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.