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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 23, 2006, 7:14 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 23, 2006, 7:14 PM EDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2006, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 50 | Half Moon, NC | |
| Jul 23, 7:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 60 | Half Moon, NC | |
| Jul 23, 7:25 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Richlands, NC | |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Piney Green, NC | TWO WATERSPOUTS/TORNADO OVER THE NEW RIVER SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE. |
| Jul 23, 7:39 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Jacksonville, NC | |
| Jul 23, 7:40 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | 4 Nw Piney Green, NC | MOVING NORTH ALONG HWY 24. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 55 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 644 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMHX 232318
TORMHX
NCC133-240000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0021.060723T2314Z-060724T0000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
714 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT
* AT 714 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR
HALF MOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR
RICHLANDS TO CATHERINE LAKE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
HALF MOON AROUND 720 PM EDT...
JACKSONVILLE AROUND 740 PM EDT...
PUMPKIN CENTER AROUND 745 PM EDT...
PINEY GREEN AROUND 755 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 3498 7765 3486 7761 3471 7769 3473 7725
3485 7720 3493 7730
$$
101 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMHX 232341
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
740 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006
NCC133-240000-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060724T0000Z/
ONSLOW NC-
740 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR ONSLOW
COUNTY...
AT 735 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO OVER THE NEW RIVER
SOUTH OF JACKSONVILLE. THIS TORNADO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES
NORTH OF PUMPKIN CENTER TO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUMPKIN CENTER TO
NEW RIVER STATION...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PINEY GREEN BY 745 PM EDT
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3498 7765 3486 7761 3451 7760 3465 7715
3485 7720 3493 7730
$$
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Jul 23, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 38 min |
| Jul 23, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.