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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 3, 1995Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1995, 7:31 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Carteret County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 33 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 1995-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1608 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 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1608 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMHX 032328
TORMHX
NCC031-040000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
731 PM EDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EASTERN CARTERET COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN SIGHTED BY THE MOREHEAD CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
JUST NORTH OF MOREHEAD CITY. THIS STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREA FROM
MERRIMON TO NORTH RIVER BEFORE 745 PM EDT.
 
A SECOND FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED BY THE STATE PORT WHICH COULD EFFECT
THE AREAS ADJACENT TO THE NORTH RIVER AND AREAS NORTH OF BEAUFORT
THROUGH 800 PM EDT.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING.
IF THERE ISNT TIME TO GET INTO A SHELTER...TAKE REFUGE IN A
CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
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 FLYING DEBRIS WITH CUSHIONS...BLANKETS...OR PILLOWS.
 
 
BT/JE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXOnslow40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.