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Tornado Warning 36, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 28, 2004Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 28, 2004, 6:09 AM EDT for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
Sep 28, 2004, 6:09 AM EDT (10:09 UTC)
Expired
Sep 28, 2004, 6:45 AM EDT
In force
36 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 2004-09-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1419 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-09-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1419 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
601 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 281009
TORMHX
NCC107-281045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
609 AM EDT TUE SEP 28 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 645 AM EDT

* AT 607 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  JONESTOWN...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEULAVILLE...MOVING NORTH AT
  45 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  KINSTON AROUND 630 AM EDT...
  GRANGERS AROUND 635 AM EDT...

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 3503 7775 3534 7765 3538 7756 3542 7753
      3540 7749 3542 7747 3535 7745 3533 7739
      3530 7745 3526 7743 3523 7747 3524 7752
      3516 7752 3507 7761 3500 7774

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 27, 9:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Sep 27, 9:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX90 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.