Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2014
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 29, 2014, 9:05 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 2 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, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2014, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 9:06 PM EDT | TORNADO | Garner, NC | SISTER OF STORM SPOTTER REPORTED TREES DOWN AND MINOR PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
523
WFUS52 KRAH 300105
TORRAH
NCC183-300145-
/O.NEW.KRAH.TO.W.0009.140330T0105Z-140330T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
905 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN WAKE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 904 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER GARNER...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF RALEIGH...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. A RAIN WRAPPED
TORNADO MAY BE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RALEIGH...WAKE FOREST...GARNER...ZEBULON...KNIGHTDALE...WENDELL AND
ROLESVILLE.
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 3597 7842 3594 7840 3593 7836 3590 7833
3589 7830 3583 7826 3582 7826 3575 7838
3571 7847 3557 7865 3566 7872 3599 7845
TIME...MOT...LOC 0104Z 221DEG 28KT 3566 7862
$$
323 follow-up statements
451
WWUS52 KRAH 300116
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
916 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC183-300145-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140330T0145Z/
WAKE NC-
916 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
WAKE COUNTY...
AT 914 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR LAKE BENSON... OR BETWEEN INTERSTATE 40 AND DOWNTOWN GARNER...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN A SUBDIVISION
NEAR GARNER.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GARNER... KNIGHTDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3562 7858 3567 7869 3580 7861 3599 7845
3597 7842 3594 7840 3593 7836 3590 7833
3589 7830 3583 7826 3582 7826 3575 7838
3571 7847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 218DEG 25KT 3568 7860
$$
32445
WWUS52 KRAH 300127
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
927 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC183-300145-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140330T0145Z/
WAKE NC-
927 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN WAKE COUNTY...
AT 924 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
JUST NORTH OF I-40 AND EAST OF US HIGHWAY 70... 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF
DOWNTOWN GARNER... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... KNIGHTDALE... AND RURAL EASTERN WAKE
COUNTY BETWEEN GARNER AND KNIGHTDALE. ALSO... ROLESVILLE.
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 3566 7853 3571 7860 3587 7855 3599 7845
3597 7842 3594 7840 3593 7836 3590 7833
3589 7830 3583 7826 3582 7826 3579 7832
3575 7838 3571 7847
TIME...MOT...LOC 0124Z 221DEG 23KT 3573 7854
$$
32816
WWUS52 KRAH 300137
SVSRAH
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
937 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
NCC183-300145-
/O.CON.KRAH.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140330T0145Z/
WAKE NC-
937 PM EDT SAT MAR 29 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY...
AT 936 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
WEST OF ZEBULON...OR OVER KNIGHTDALE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
ALTHOUGH THE CIRCULATION HAS WEAKENED... THERE IS STILL A POSSIBLE
RAIN WRAPPED TORNADO WITH THIS STORM OVER KNIGHTDALE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KNIGHTDALE...ROLESVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3574 7847 3574 7853 3592 7851 3595 7848
3599 7845 3597 7842 3594 7840 3593 7836
3590 7833 3589 7830 3583 7826 3582 7826
3579 7832 3577 7835
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 226DEG 25KT 3579 7847
$$
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, 8:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 45 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.