Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2004
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 2004, 5:59 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 4, 2004, 5:59 PM EDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2004, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Tyrrell County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 782 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 999 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMHX 042159 TORMHX NCC177-042300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 559 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... TYRRELL COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 553 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COLUMBIA... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... NEWFOUNDLAND AROUND 605 PM EDT... FORT LANDING AROUND 615 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. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3600 7635 3582 7632 3586 7582 3608 7586 $$ 18
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 2:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Martin | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 4:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 2 hr | |
| Jun 4, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 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.