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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 27, 2006Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 2006, 2:26 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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 27, 2006, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2006, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
34 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 2006-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1492 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1492 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 271830
TORMHX
NCC031-271900-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.060627T1826Z-060627T1900Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
226 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 300 PM EDT

* AT 223 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR CAPE 
  LOOKOUT...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH.

* THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  STRAITS AROUND 235 PM EDT...
  BETTIE AROUND 240 PM EDT...
  OPEN GROUNDS FARM AROUND 245 PM EDT...

OTHER AREAS THAT COULD BE AFFECTED INCLUDE MOREHEAD CITY...SMYRNA...AND 
OTHER PORTIONS OF DOWN EAST CARTERET COUNTY. 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 3459 7672 3470 7627 3495 7634 3482 7681

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX97 min
Jun 27, 2:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX32 min
Jun 27, 2:52 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningMHXPamlico2 hr
Jun 27, 2:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Jun 27, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret32 min
Jun 27, 3:46 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde29 min
Jun 27, 6:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX41 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.