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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 19, 1995Craven County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 19, 1995, 11:18 AM EDT for Craven County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 1995, 11:18 AM EDT (15:18 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1995, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Craven County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 71 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1665 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1995-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1665 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
916 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMHX 191517
TORMHX
NCC049-147-191545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
1118 AM EDT FRI MAY 19 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN CRAVEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN PITT COUNTY
 
AT 1115 AM A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF GRIFTON. IT WAS
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER CALICO BY 1130 AM.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  GET TO
A BASEMENT IF ONE IS AVAILABLE.  AVOID WINDOWS AND PROTECT YOUR
BODY FROM FzLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 19, 10:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin38 min
May 19, 10:48 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXLenoir42 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995

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.