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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 4, 2008Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2008, 11:01 PM EST for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 4, 2008, 11:01 PM EST (04:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2008, 11:45 PM EST
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 4, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 89 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2008-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 050401
TORMHX
NCC107-050445-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.080305T0401Z-080305T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1101 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KINSTON...

* UNTIL 1145 PM EST

* AT 1057 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 11 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF DEEP RUN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES EAST OF WARSAW...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  MOSS HILL AND WOODINGTON BY 1110 PM EST...
  FALLING CREEK...KINSTON AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF INSTITUTE BY 1115
  PM EST...
  DAWSON AND GRAINGERS BY 1120 PM 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 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY 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 3503 7776 3510 7775 3518 7784 3521 7785
      3537 7772 3534 7765 3537 7762 3538 7756
      3542 7752 3542 7748 3535 7744 3500 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 213DEG 61KT 3508 7781

$$

11
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS52 KMHX 050421
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1121 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

NCC107-050445-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080305T0445Z/
LENOIR NC-
1121 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EST FOR LENOIR
COUNTY...

AT 1115 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODINGTON...OR
ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY 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 3503 7776 3510 7775 3518 7784 3521 7785
      3537 7772 3534 7765 3537 7762 3538 7756
      3542 7752 3542 7748 3535 7744 3500 7774
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 213DEG 61KT 3529 7759

$$

11/28

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 10:25 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXDuplin50 min
Mar 4, 11:04 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXDuplin, Onslow31 min
Mar 4, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Greene, Lenoir85 min
Mar 4, 11:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXMartin, Pitt76 min
Mar 4, 11:51 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Jones29 min
Mar 5, 12:04 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort41 min
Mar 5, 12:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pitt81 min
Mar 5, 12:36 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXMartin, Washington26 min
Mar 5, 12:39 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Mar 5, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico80 min
Mar 5, 1:12 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Pamlico33 min
Mar 5, 1:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret46 min
Mar 5, 1:43 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Mar 5, 1:56 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX49 min
Mar 5, 1:58 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Hyde77 min
Mar 5, 2:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX45 min
Mar 5, 2:44 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 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.