Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2014
Wind Advisory 3, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this wind advisory at Mar 30, 2014, 3:38 AM EDT for 18 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 2014, 3:38 AM EDT (07:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 8:39 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
Counties Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Lee County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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.
429 WWUS72 KRAH 300738 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 338 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THE NORTHWEST TODAY... .DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE ALONG AND JUST OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST COMBINED WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FROM THE WEST WILL RESULT IN STRONG GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY THROUGH MID EVENING. NCZ007-021>024-038>040-073>077-083>086-088-302100- /O.NEW.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.140330T0738Z-140331T0200Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 338 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS MORNING AND REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS. * WINDS...WINDS WILL BE SUSTAINED FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH... WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 30 TO 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THESE WINDS CAN KNOCK DOWN BRANCHES... WEAKLY ROOTED TREES... AND POWER LINES. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. LOOSE OBJECTS OUTDOORS WILL BE BLOWN AROUND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. BRING IN ANY LOOSE OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS LAWN FURNITURE THAT COULD BE TOSSED AROUND. IF OUTDOORS... BE AWARE OF THE RISK OF FALLING TREE LIMBS. && $$ GIH
4 follow-up statements
236 WWUS72 KRAH 301533 AAA NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1133 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON... NCZ007-021>024-038>040-073>077-083>086-088-310200- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140331T0200Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-CHATHAM- STANLY-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...ALBEMARLE...TROY...BISCOE... MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 1133 AM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS APPROACHING 40 MPH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE TREES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY ICE FROM RECENT WINTER STORMS AND WHERE THE SOIL IS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEED 30 MPH OR WHEN WIND GUSTS EXCEED 45 MPH. ALTERNATELY...A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED WHEN ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS WITH FREQUENT WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY...CAUSING NUMEROUS INJURIES AND OCCASIONAL FATALITIES EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN CLOSE VICINITY TO WEAKENED TREES AND TREE BRANCHES. $$ VINCENT
286 WWUS72 KRAH 301702 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 102 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... NCZ040-074>077-083>086-088-301815- /O.CAN.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140331T0200Z/ CHATHAM-MONTGOMERY-MOORE-LEE-HARNETT-ANSON-RICHMOND-SCOTLAND-HOKE- CUMBERLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SILER CITY...PITTSBORO...TROY... BISCOE...MOUNT GILEAD...SOUTHERN PINES...PINEHURST...ABERDEEN... SEVEN LAKES...SANFORD...DUNN...ERWIN...ANGIER...LILLINGTON... WADESBORO...POLKTON...ROCKINGHAM...HAMLET...EAST ROCKINGHAM... LAURINBURG...RAEFORD...ROCKFISH...SILVER CITY...FAYETTEVILLE 102 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY IN CHATHAM...MONTGOMERY...MOORE...LEE...HARNETT... ANSON...RICHMOND...SCOTLAND...HOKE...AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON... LITTLE OR NO SENSIBLE IMPACT IS EXPECTED. THE BEST CHANCE FOR DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS WILL BE IN THE TRIAD AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WHERE OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO REACH OR EXCEED 40 MPH...AND WHERE MANY TREES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY NUMEROUS WINTER STORMS THE PAST FEW MONTHS. $$ NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-310200- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140331T0200Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 102 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN NOON AND 8 PM. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS...ESPECIALLY WHERE TREES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY ICE FROM RECENT WINTER STORMS AND THE SOIL IS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS TYPICALLY ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEED 30 MPH OR WHEN WIND GUSTS EXCEED 45 MPH. ALTERNATELY...A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED WHEN ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY...CAUSING NUMEROUS INJURIES AND OCCASIONAL FATALITIES EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN CLOSE VICINITY TO WEAKENED TREES AND TREE BRANCHES. $$ VINCENT
559 WWUS72 KRAH 301901 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 301 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON... NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-310200- /O.CON.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140331T0200Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 301 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * TIMING...STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS WILL PERSIST THROUGH 8 TO 10 PM THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO KNOCK DOWN A FEW TREES AND TREE LIMBS...ESPECIALLY WHERE TREES HAVE BEEN WEAKENED BY ICE FROM RECENT WINTER STORMS AND THE SOIL IS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY IS TYPICALLY ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WINDS EXCEED 30 MPH OR WHEN WIND GUSTS EXCEED 45 MPH. ALTERNATELY...A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE ISSUED WHEN ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS RESULT IN AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR DOWNED TREES AND TREE LIMBS WITH WIND GUSTS ABOVE 35 MPH. FALLING TREES AND TREE LIMBS ARE A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY...CAUSING NUMEROUS INJURIES AND OCCASIONAL FATALITIES EACH YEAR IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION IN CLOSE VICINITY TO WEAKENED TREES AND TREE BRANCHES. $$ VINCENT
033 WWUS72 KRAH 310039 NPWRAH URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 839 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS SUBSIDING ACROSS CENTRAL NC... .AS HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS INTO CENTRAL NC FROM THE WEST...GUSTY NW WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS EARLIER TODAY. NCZ007-021>024-038-039-073-310145- /O.CAN.KRAH.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-140331T0200Z/ PERSON-FORSYTH-GUILFORD-ALAMANCE-ORANGE-DAVIDSON-RANDOLPH-STANLY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROXBORO...WINSTON-SALEM...GREENSBORO... HIGH POINT...BURLINGTON...GRAHAM...CHAPEL HILL...CARRBORO... LEXINGTON...THOMASVILLE...ASHEBORO...ARCHDALE...TRINITY... ALBEMARLE 839 PM EDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND GUST ABOVE 35 MPH ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH OCCASIONAL GUST AROUND 25 MPH. $$
The 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, 9:05 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 |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in North Carolina, 2014Every wind advisory in 2014
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.