Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2005
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 28, 2005, 8:44 AM EST for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 28, 2005, 8:44 AM EST (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2005, 9:15 AM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 8:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 818 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMHX 281344
TORMHX
NCC095-281415-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.050328T1344Z-050328T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
844 AM EST MON MAR 28 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 915 AM EST
* AT 842 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
SWANQUARTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
NEW HOLLAND AROUND 850 AM EST...
LAKE MATTAMUSKEET AROUND 855 AM EST...
FAIRFIELD AROUND 900 AM EST...
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 3534 7617 3533 7621 3536 7625 3534 7628
3539 7637 3556 7626 3561 7619 3570 7616
3565 7604 3567 7601 3566 7591
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Mar 28, 8:15 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 45 min |
| Mar 28, 8:38 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 9:02 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Mar 28, 9:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 36 min |
| Mar 28, 9:57 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Mar 28, 11:05 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 25 min | |
| Mar 28, 4:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 17 min |
| Mar 28, 4:33 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 27 min |
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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.