Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2001

Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 1, 2001Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2001, 4:16 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2001, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2001, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Carteret County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 1, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Cape Carteret, NC	Severe thunderstorm produced a weak tornado that touched down near Cape Carteret, blowing over trees and power lines.
Apr 1, 4:30 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 61 E	Stella, NC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 609 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 012017
TORMHX
NCC031-012045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUIRED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
416 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 416 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STELLA...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  EMERALD ISLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RURAL WESTERN CARTERET COUNTY AT 430 PM EDT

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 9:09 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	36 min
Apr 1, 1:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	33 min
Apr 1, 2:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	53 min
Apr 1, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	50 min
Apr 1, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	45 min
Apr 1, 3:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	23 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.