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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 11, 2004Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 11, 2004, 10:40 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
Jun 11, 2004, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2004, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
50 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1315 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
1315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1052 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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The text

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

767 
WFUS52 KMHX 120240
TORMHX
NCC147-120330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1039 PM EDT FRI JUN 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1130 PM EDT

* AT 1033 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  FARMVILLE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST
  AT 30 MPH. DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED NEAR PINETOPS IN EDGECOMBE     
  COUNTY.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  WINTERVILLE AROUND 1055 PM EDT...
  BLACK JACK AROUND 1100 PM EDT...
  SHELMERDINE AROUND 1105 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER 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. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...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 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3555 7715 3552 7718 3547 7719 3544 7719
      3539 7722 3538 7725 3558 7761 3573 7751
      3571 7745 3555 7711

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX97 min
Jun 11, 10:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPitt66 min
Jun 11, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene48 min
Jun 11, 10:42 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell63 min
Jun 11, 10:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXMartin43 min
Jun 11, 10:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX57 min
Jun 11, 10:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort52 min
Jun 11, 10:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXLenoir63 min
Jun 11, 11:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Washington57 min
Jun 11, 11:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin32 min
Jun 11, 11:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones, Onslow58 min
Jun 11, 11:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXHyde56 min
Jun 11, 11:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX2 hr
Jun 11, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Jun 11, 11:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPamlico36 min
Jun 11, 11:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell46 min
Jun 12, 12:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX2 hr
Jun 12, 12:23 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Hyde52 min
Jun 12, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX2 hr
Jun 12, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX2 hr

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.