Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this tornado warning at Sep 29, 2016, 7:08 PM EDT for Yadkin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 29, 2016, 7:08 PM EDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2016, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.0 in
County Yadkin County, NC
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 7:18 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Yadkinville, NC | A FEW TREES DOWN IN YADKINVILLE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 174 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
570
WFUS51 KRNK 292308
TORRNK
NCC197-292345-
/O.NEW.KRNK.TO.W.0013.160929T2308Z-160929T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
708 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BLACKSBURG HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL YADKIN COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 707 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER YADKINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.
TREE DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YADKINVILLE...
BOONVILLE...
SHACKTOWN...
NEBO...
AND LONE HICKORY.
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 YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ANY WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3610 8078 3627 8069 3627 8068 3625 8067
3625 8065 3618 8045 3605 8067
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 216DEG 13KT 3610 8069
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RAB2 follow-up statements
204
WWUS51 KRNK 292323
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
723 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
NCC197-292345-
/O.CON.KRNK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160929T2345Z/
YADKIN NC-
723 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR
CENTRAL YADKIN COUNTY...
AT 722 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER YADKINVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
YADKINVILLE...
BOONVILLE...
SHACKTOWN...
AND NEBO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ANY WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
&&
LAT...LON 3611 8058 3616 8073 3626 8069 3627 8069
3627 8068 3625 8067 3625 8065 3618 8045
3615 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 218DEG 14KT 3614 8062
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...1.00IN
$$
RAB415
WWUS51 KRNK 292338
SVSRNK
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
738 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
NCC197-292347-
/O.EXP.KRNK.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160929T2345Z/
YADKIN NC-
738 PM EDT THU SEP 29 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL YADKIN COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 745
PM EDT...
THE TORNADO THREAT HAS DIMINISHED AND THE TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. HOWEVER...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS REMAIN LIKELY AND
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
HOWEVER SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY
SIZE...AS WELL AS REPORTS OF ANY WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING DOWNED TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE
AT 1...8 6 6...2 1 5...4 3 2 4. REPORTS AND PICTURES CAN ALSO BE
SHARED ON THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG FACEBOOK PAGE AND
ON TWITTER.
REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING STILL REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR
YADKIN COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
LAT...LON 3611 8058 3616 8073 3626 8069 3627 8069
3627 8068 3625 8067 3625 8065 3618 8045
3615 8050
TIME...MOT...LOC 2337Z 195DEG 8KT 3616 8060
$$
RABThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 8:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Caswell | 6 hr |
| Sep 28, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Stokes | 34 min |
| Sep 28, 11:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Caswell | 35 min |
| Sep 29, 1:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 53 min |
| Sep 29, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Surry | 57 min |
| Sep 29, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Surry | 50 min |
| Sep 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 42 min |
| Sep 29, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry | 60 min |
| Sep 29, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 67 min |
| Sep 29, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham, Stokes | 62 min |
| Sep 29, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe, Watauga | 69 min |
| Sep 29, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Wilkes | 53 min |
| Sep 29, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany | 54 min |
| Sep 29, 6:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | RNK | Alleghany, Ashe, Surry, Wilkes | 119 min |
| Sep 29, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Yadkin | 61 min |
| Sep 29, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Alleghany, Wilkes | 52 min |
| Sep 29, 7:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes, Surry, Yadkin | 56 min |
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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.