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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 28, 2005Hyde County, North Carolina

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 28, 8:30 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 276 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2005-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:57 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
Mar 28, 8:15 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXHyde45 min
Mar 28, 8:38 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare37 min
Mar 28, 9:02 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX58 min
Mar 28, 9:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare36 min
Mar 28, 9:57 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
Mar 28, 11:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX25 min
Mar 28, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell17 min
Mar 28, 4:33 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX27 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.