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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 2, 2005Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 2, 2005, 10:34 AM EST for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
Apr 2, 2005, 10:34 AM EST (15:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2005, 11:00 AM EST
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carteret County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2005-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 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 2005-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 021534
TORMHX
NCC031-021600-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.050402T1534Z-050402T1600Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1034 AM EST SAT APR 2 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 AM EST

* AT 1031 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAPE
  LOOKOUT...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF HARKERS ISLAND...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  HARKERS ISLAND AROUND 1040 AM EST...
  SMYRNA AROUND 1045 AM EST...
  DAVIS AROUND 1050 AM EST...
  STACY AROUND 1055 AM EST...
  SEA LEVEL AROUND 1100 AM EST...

OTHER LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
STRAITS...CEDAR ISLAND AND ATLANTIC.

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 3453 7668 3445 7648 3499 7616 3508 7641

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMHX 021548
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1048 AM EST SAT APR 2 2005

NCC031-021600-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-050402T1600Z/
CARTERET NC-
1048 AM EST SAT APR 2 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR CARTERET
COUNTY...

AT 1044 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HARKERS ISLAND...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HARKERS ISLAND AROUND 1046 AM EST...
SMYRNA AROUND 1048 AM EST...
DAVIS AROUND 1050 AM EST...
STACY AROUND 1055 AM EST...
SEA LEVEL AROUND 1100 AM EST...

OTHER LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
CAPE LOOKOUT...STRAITS...CEDAR ISLAND AND ATLANTIC.

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 HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3453 7668 3445 7648 3499 7616 3508 7641

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 11:36 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX54 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.