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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

January 14, 2006Craven County, Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jan 14, 2006, 2:12 AM EST for Craven County, Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
Jan 14, 2006, 2:12 AM EST (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2006, 2:45 AM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 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
Jan 13, 11:45 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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 00:00Z on 2006-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 140713
TORMHX
NCC049-103-140745-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.060114T0712Z-060114T0745Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
212 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 245 AM EST

* AT 208 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR TRENTON...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  COVE CITY AROUND 220 AM EST...
  TUSCARORA AROUND 225 AM EST...
  ERNUL AROUND 240 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 3510 7751 3496 7738 3525 7688 3539 7712

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMHX 140734
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
234 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

NCC103-140744-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060114T0745Z/
JONES NC-
234 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

LAT...LON 3519 7698 3517 7703 3508 7718 3514 7730
      3518 7739 3537 7714 3536 7710 3532 7703
      3525 7690

$$

NCC049-140745-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-060114T0745Z/
CRAVEN NC-
234 AM EST SAT JAN 14 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 245 AM EST FOR CRAVEN COUNTY...

AT 229 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO.  THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR 
TUSCARORA...OR NEAR NEW BERN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CAYTON AROUND 240 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 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 3519 7698 3517 7703 3508 7718 3514 7730
      3518 7739 3537 7714 3536 7710 3532 7703
      3525 7690

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 13, 10:44 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Jan 14, 12:49 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin41 min
Jan 14, 1:21 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene, Lenoir24 min
Jan 14, 1:34 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXGreene, Pitt26 min
Jan 14, 1:59 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin31 min
Jan 14, 2:23 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Jan 14, 3:18 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 min
Jan 14, 3:46 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHX29 min
Jan 14, 3:58 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jan 14, 4:10 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHX50 min
Jan 14, 4:11 PM ESTWind AdvisoryMHX24 hr

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes in 2006

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.