Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2006
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:58 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 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.
- 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
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
$$
51 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMHX 141557
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1158 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
NCC031-141608-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-060614T1615Z/
CARTERET NC-
1158 AM EDT WED JUN 14 2006
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CARTERET COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3478 7668 3477 7672 3475 7670 3468 7674
3467 7699 3469 7677 3470 7676 3471 7676
3473 7685 3470 7698 3470 7698 3483 7692
3487 7667 3489 7663 3497 7668 3500 7655
3500 7655
$$
5The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 4:43 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 7 hr |
| Jun 14, 10:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Jun 14, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Jun 14, 12:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 33 min |
| Jun 14, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Jun 14, 2:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 2:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Jun 14, 3:48 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 3 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.