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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 29, 2007Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 29, 2007, 6:28 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 29, 2007, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2007, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:29 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 nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2007-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1572 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 2007-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 292227
TORMHX
NCC055-292300-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.070729T2228Z-070729T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
628 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 700 PM EDT

* AT 624 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SALVO...OR
  ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF BUXTON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAVES BY 640 PM EDT...
  RODANTHE BY 650 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. 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 IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3545 7563 3544 7541 3572 7535 3574 7563

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMHX 292230
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
630 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

NCC055-292300-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-070729T2300Z/
DARE NC-
630 PM EDT SUN JUL 29 2007

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR DARE
COUNTY...

AT 624 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A WATERSPOUT WEST
OF SALVO OVER THE PAMLICO SOUND MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WAVES BY 635 PM EDT...
  RODANTHE BY 645 PM EDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. 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 IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL 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 3545 7563 3544 7541 3572 7535 3574 7563

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 4:28 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow12 min
Jul 29, 6:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 2007Every tornado warning in 2007Tornadoes in 2007

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.