Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2002
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 12, 2002, 11:27 AM EST for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 12, 2002, 11:27 AM EST (16:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 12, 2002, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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
- 197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMHX 121627
TORMHX
NCC147-121700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
1126 AM EST TUE NOV 12 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL NOON EST
* AT 1126 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER SHELMERDINE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GREENVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
GRIMESLAND AROUND 1135 AM EST
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BLACK JACK...GREENVILLE...
SIMPSON...STOKES AND WINTERVILLE.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR
BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO...OR TELEVISION FOR
THE LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.
LAT...LON 3551 7746 3538 7731 3554 7717 3571 7716
3573 7725
17
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 11:27 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 33 min |
| Nov 12, 11:48 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| Nov 12, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 33 min |
| Nov 12, 12:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 41 min |
| Nov 12, 12:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 41 min |
| Nov 12, 1:43 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.