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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

November 16, 2006Greene County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Nov 16, 2006, 11:17 AM EST for Greene County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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: Nov 16, 2006, 11:17 AM EST (16:17 UTC)
Expired: Nov 16, 2006, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Greene County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Nov 16, 10:44 AM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 605 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 307 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 6.7

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 161617
TORMHX
NCC079-161700-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0039.061116T1617Z-061116T1700Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1117 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL NOON EST

* AT 1115 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO IN WAYNE        
  COUNTY...OR EAST OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  LINDELL AROUND 1130 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 3532 7804 3527 7788 3565 7769 3559 7782

$$

5

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KMHX 161634
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1133 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

NCC079-161700-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-061116T1700Z/
GREENE NC-
1133 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST FOR GREENE
COUNTY...

AT 1130 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER GREENE COUNTY...OR
JUST EAST OF LINDELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3532 7804 3527 7788 3565 7770 3559 7782

$$

05

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 16, 7:02 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin	43 min
Nov 16, 7:40 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin	17 min
Nov 16, 8:05 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene	30 min
Nov 16, 10:33 AM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin	42 min
Nov 16, 12:41 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		64 min
Nov 16, 1:44 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		46 min
Nov 16, 2:29 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		31 min
Nov 16, 2:32 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		58 min
Nov 16, 2:43 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		62 min
Nov 16, 3:30 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		30 min
Nov 16, 3:33 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		87 min
Nov 16, 4:30 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		30 min
Nov 16, 4:35 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		85 min
Nov 16, 5:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Dare	37 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.