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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 14, 2006Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 14, 2006, 11:28 AM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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 14, 2006, 11:28 AM EDT (15:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2006, 11:57 AM EDT
In force
29 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), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:29 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
Jun 14, 4:58 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 11 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 2006-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 161 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 12:00Z on 2006-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 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
161 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 141528
TORMHX
NCC031-141615-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0009.060614T1528Z-060614T1615Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1128 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT

* AT 1122 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF
  INDIAN BEACH...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMERALD ISLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  SALTER PATH AROUND 1135 AM EDT...
  PINE KNOLL SHORES AROUND 1140 AM EDT...
  NEWPORT AROUND 1145 AM EDT...
  HARLOWE AROUND 1155 AM EDT...
  SOUTH RIVER AROUND 1210 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 3478 7668 3477 7672 3475 7670 3468 7674
      3467 7699 3469 7677 3470 7676 3471 7676
      3473 7685 3470 7698 3470 7698 3483 7692
      3487 7667 3489 7663 3497 7668 3500 7655
      3500 7655

$$

5
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMHX 141557
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1158 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006

NCC031-141608-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060614T1615Z/
CARTERET NC-
1158 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006

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

THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3478 7668 3477 7672 3475 7670 3468 7674
      3467 7699 3469 7677 3470 7676 3471 7676
      3473 7685 3470 7698 3470 7698 3483 7692
      3487 7667 3489 7663 3497 7668 3500 7655
      3500 7655

$$

5

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 4:43 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell7 hr
Jun 14, 10:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX55 min
Jun 14, 12:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX30 min
Jun 14, 12:27 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret33 min
Jun 14, 1:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX64 min
Jun 14, 2:19 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare41 min
Jun 14, 2:58 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare32 min
Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Jun 14, 3:48 PM EDTHigh Wind WarningMHXBeaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more3 hr

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.