Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2014
Tornado Watch 91
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Apr 25, 2014, 1:19 PM EDT for 57 counties in North Carolina; 43 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2014, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 1.5 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
All 100 counties
Alamance County, NC, Anson County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Amelia County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 70%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 40%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 50%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 20%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 30%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 10%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 60%
Warnings issued inside it
59 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Orange | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 1:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange, Person | 52 min |
| Apr 25, 2:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville, Orange | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 2:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett, Sampson | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 2:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 2:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 67 min |
| Apr 25, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville, Vance, Warren | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Appomattox, Buckingham, Charlotte, Halifax | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 62 min |
| Apr 25, 3:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 3:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Nottoway, Powhatan | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte, Halifax | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 4:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| Apr 25, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 4:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Powhatan | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Vance, Warren | 64 min |
| Apr 25, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Chatham, Orange | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 4:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Halifax | 41 min |
| Apr 25, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 63 min |
| Apr 25, 4:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 46 min |
| Apr 25, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Amelia, Charles City, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights | 43 min |
| Apr 25, 4:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan, City of Richmond | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person, Vance, Warren | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Nash | 59 min |
| Apr 25, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 5:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RNK | Halifax | 112 min |
| Apr 25, 5:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 5:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Franklin, Granville, Vance, Wake | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 5:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 40 min |
| Apr 25, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Gates, Hertford, Northampton | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 5:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Vance, Warren | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Halifax, Nash, Warren | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 25 min |
| Apr 25, 5:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 36 min |
| Apr 25, 5:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan | 48 min |
| Apr 25, 6:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| Apr 25, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 30 min |
| Apr 25, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax, Johnston, Nash, Wayne, Wilson | 56 min |
| Apr 25, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank and 1 more | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 6:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Hertford, Perquimans | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 7:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 35 min |
| Apr 25, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 50 min |
| Apr 25, 7:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 47 min |
| Apr 25, 8:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 8:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 49 min |
| Apr 25, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 47 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
129 WWUS20 KWNS 251720 SEL1 SPC WW 251720 NCZ000-VAZ000-CWZ000-260100- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 91 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 120 PM EDT FRI APR 25 2014 THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA COASTAL WATERS * EFFECTIVE THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 120 PM UNTIL 900 PM EDT. * PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE... A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE SCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 1.5 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 120 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF SOUTH HILL VIRGINIA TO 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF FAYETTEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && DISCUSSION...STORMS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE WITHIN THE ERN NC/SE VA WARM SECTOR THIS AFTERNOON...AS WELL AS ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO CENTRAL NC/S CENTRAL VA. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL FAVOR SUPERCELLS WITH A RISK FOR TORNADOES GIVEN THE INCREASE IN INSTABILITY AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR THIS AFTERNOON...AND AN ISOLATED STRONG TORNADO OR TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1.5 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25030. ...THOMPSON
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 12:46 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Camden, Carteret and 48 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell and 46 more | 83 min |
| Apr 25, 4:45 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Caswell and 47 more | 90 min |
| Apr 25, 7:29 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Craven and 24 more | 61 min |
| Apr 25, 2:50 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Accomack, Albemarle, Buckingham, Caroline, Culpeper, Cumberland and 25 more | 2 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.