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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 29, 2004Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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 29, 2004, 7:15 PM EDT (23:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2004, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2004-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 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 2004-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

014 
WFUS52 KMHX 292315
TORMHX
NCC107-300000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
715 PM EDT TUE JUN 29 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 709 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR KINSTON...
  MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KINSTON AROUND 720 PM EDT...

OTHER LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
DAWSON AND GRANGERS.

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.

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 3538 7770 3520 7775 3512 7745 3534 7739

$$

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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.