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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 12, 2008Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 12, 2008, 3:24 PM EDT for Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports 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: Apr 12, 2008, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired: Apr 12, 2008, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greene County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 12, 3:33 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 Sw Walstonburg, NC	SIDING AND SHINGLES BLOWN OF A HOUSE.
Apr 12, 3:57 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Farmville, NC	POWER POLE SNAPPED ON WESLEY CHURCH ROAD
Apr 12, 3:59 PM EDT	TORNADO	5 N Greenville, NC	TORNADO REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 13 AND STATE HIGHWAY 903.TWO POWER POLES REPORTED DOWN.

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
Apr 12, 2:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 164 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 121926
TORMHX
NCC079-147-122000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.080412T1924Z-080412T2000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
324 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTHERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...FARMVILLE...

* UNTIL 400 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO IN        
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY....MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. 

* TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CASTORIA...SHINE AND FARMVILLE BY 340 PM EDT...
  CASTORIA...BRUCE AND SNOW HILL BY 345 PM EDT...
  BETHEL...MAURY...LIZZIE AND BELL ARTHUR BY 350 PM EDT...

DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A
TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO SAFE
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER
YOUR HEAD.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT 
SATURDAY EVENING 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 3566 7718 3549 7749 3541 7783 3557 7784
      3576 7753 3581 7748 3581 7745 3584 7740
      3581 7735 3579 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 247DEG 51KT 3566 7778 3550 7785
          3538 7807

$$

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1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS52 KMHX 121942
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
340 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

NCC079-147-122000-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080412T2000Z/
GREENE NC-PITT NC-
340 PM EDT SAT APR 12 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
PITT AND NORTHERN GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 337 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF TORNADO PRODUCING 
STORMS...LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FOUNTAIN TO CASTORIA TO 
SHINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FARMVILLE TO 11 MILES NORTH 
OF LA GRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THE PUBLIC REPORTED A 
FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR THE WAYNE AND GREENE COUNTY LINE AT 333 PM. 

TORNADO PRODUCING STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  FALKLAND...LIZZIE...BRUCE AND BELL ARTHUR BY 345 PM EDT...
  MAURY AND BELL ARTHUR BY 350 PM EDT...
  BETHEL...STATON AND HOUSE BY 355 PM EDT...
  STOKES BY 400 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING 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 3566 7718 3549 7749 3541 7783 3557 7784
      3576 7753 3581 7748 3581 7745 3584 7740
      3581 7735 3579 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 247DEG 51KT 3565 7759 3559 7759
          3548 7773

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 12, 3:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	27 min
Apr 12, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Pitt	31 min
Apr 12, 4:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Washington	34 min
Apr 12, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		56 min
Apr 12, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	23 min
Apr 12, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Onslow	48 min
Apr 12, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	30 min
Apr 12, 5:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		36 min
Apr 12, 5:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones	31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.