Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2007
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 2, 2007, 8:32 AM EST for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 2, 2007, 8:32 AM EST (13:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 9:15 AM EST
- In force
- 43 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), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 8:40 AM EST | TORNADO | Smyrna, NC | A WATERSPOUT MOVED ASHORE AS A WEAK TORNADO PRODUCING MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH SIDING BLOWN OFF A HOME. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 29 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 021334 TORMHX NCC031-021415- /O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0004.070302T1332Z-070302T1415Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 832 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...BEAUFORT. * UNTIL 915 AM EST * AT 827 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 9 MILES SOUTH OF ATLANTIC BEACH...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTH OF MOREHEAD CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... BEAUFORT AT 845 AM EST 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 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 3469 7684 3450 7674 3486 7616 3504 7626 $$ 24
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMHX 021344 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 843 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 NCC031-021415- /O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070302T1415Z/ CARTERET NC- 843 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EST FOR CARTERET COUNTY... AT 840 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST EAST OF BEAUFORT...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STRAITS...SMYRNA...OTWAY...WILLISTON...DAVIS...STACY THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3469 7684 3450 7674 3486 7616 3504 7626 $$ 24
000 WWUS52 KMHX 021353 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 852 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 NCC031-021415- /O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070302T1415Z/ CARTERET NC- 852 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM EST FOR CARTERET COUNTY... AT 849 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR DAVIS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... STACY..SEALEVEL...ATLANTIC AND CEDAR ISLAND BEFORE 905 AM. 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. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 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 3469 7684 3450 7674 3486 7616 3504 7626 $$ 24
000 WWUS52 KMHX 021408 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 907 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 NCC031-021417- /O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-070302T1415Z/ CARTERET NC- 907 AM EST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CARTERET COUNTY EXPIRES AT 915 AM EST... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3469 7684 3450 7674 3486 7616 3504 7626 $$ 24
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, 8:26 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 34 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 |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.