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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 10, 1997Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 1997, 1:15 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1997, 1:15 PM EDT (17:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1997, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:14 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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 1997-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2409 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 1997-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2409 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMHX 101713 RRA
TORMHX
NCC055-101745-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
115 PM EDT THU JUL 10 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...NORTHERN OUTER BANKS IN DARE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 105 PM DARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT ABOUT
1/4 MILE SOUTHWEST OF ROANOKE ISLAND. THE WATERSPOUT WAS DRIFTING TOWARD
THE ISLAND AND MAY PASS ACROSS PORTIONS OF ROANOKE ISLAND DURING THE
NEXT 30 MINUTES. MARINERS SHOULD STAY IN PORT.
 
IF YOU6 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.
 
RF

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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.