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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 25, 2005Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2005, 6:42 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 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 25, 2005, 6:42 PM EDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2005, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
18 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), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 15 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 2005-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 252244
TORMHX
NCC031-252300-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0004.050625T2242Z-050625T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
642 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 638 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR EMERALD ISLE...
  MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  CEDAR POINT AROUND 650 PM EDT...
  PELETIER AROUND 655 PM 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 3466 7709 3468 7692 3470 7691 3467 7711
      3470 7709 3478 7716 3479 7705 3472 7692
      3467 7691 3467 7699 3464 7710 3464 7710

$$

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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.