Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2007, 8:08 AM EST for Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 15 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
- Mar 2, 2007, 8:08 AM EST (13:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 8:23 AM EST
- In force
- 15 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pamlico County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:45 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1413 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 488 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 759 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 878 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 8.0
- Supercell composite
- 29.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMHX 021309
TORMHX
NCC137-021345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.070302T1308Z-070302T1345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
808 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PAMLICO COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 845 AM EST
* AT 806 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
STONEWALL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAVELOCK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WHORTONSVILLE AT 820 AM EST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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.
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 3523 7656 3518 7652 3520 7659 3517 7661
3517 7657 3513 7655 3506 7662 3504 7668
3514 7676 3531 7649 3529 7650 3527 7646
3524 7649 3520 7643
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMHX 021323
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
823 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
NCC137-021333-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070302T1345Z/
PAMLICO NC-
823 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PAMLICO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADO HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3523 7656 3518 7652 3520 7659 3517 7661
3517 7657 3513 7655 3506 7662 3504 7668
3514 7676 3531 7649 3529 7650 3527 7646
3524 7649 3520 7643
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 2:30 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Mar 2, 3:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 5:22 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 14 min |
| Mar 2, 8:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Mar 2, 8:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 34 min |
| Mar 2, 8:32 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 43 min |
| Mar 2, 8:55 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 35 min | |
| Mar 2, 9:21 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Mar 2, 9:42 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 48 min |
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.