Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2007, 8:26 AM EST for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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, 8:26 AM EST (13:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 9:00 AM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 021328
TORMHX
NCC095-021400-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.070302T1326Z-070302T1400Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
827 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 900 AM EST
* AT 827 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
SOUTHEAST OF HYDE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 43 MILES EAST OF RIVER
ROAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
NEBRASKA AT 840 AM EST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3547 7600 3542 7602 3541 7608 3536 7605
3537 7609 3532 7616 3536 7625 3531 7628
3533 7628 3536 7632 3533 7637 3566 7591
3565 7590 3557 7589
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMHX 021336
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
835 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
NCC095-021400-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T1400Z/
HYDE NC-
835 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM EST FOR HYDE
COUNTY...
AT 831 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER BLUFF POINT...OR
ABOUT 48 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
LONG POINT AT 845 AM EST
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1
INCH SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3547 7600 3542 7602 3541 7608 3536 7605
3537 7609 3532 7616 3536 7625 3531 7628
3533 7628 3536 7632 3533 7637 3566 7591
3565 7590 3557 7589
$$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, 8:08 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 15 min |
| Mar 2, 8:14 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 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.