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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 28, 2008Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2008, 5:21 PM EDT for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 min. 2 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 28, 2008, 5:21 PM EDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2008, 6:05 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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
Apr 28, 5:24 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	9 E Belhaven, NC	BETWEEN LEECHVILLE AND SLADESVILLE
Apr 28, 5:40 PM EDT	TORNADO	6 N Scranton, NC	WITNESS FROM SLADESVILLE SAW WATERSPOUT CROSS RIVER INTO FAR WESTERN HYDE COUNTY NORTH OF SCRANTON. NO DAMAGE REPORTED.

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 28, 3:16 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 99 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: 120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS52 KMHX 282120
TORMHX
NCC095-282215-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0021.080428T2121Z-080428T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
521 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 518 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF
  SLADESVILLE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 38 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PONZER AND SCRANTON BY 530 PM EDT...
  ALLIGATOR LAKE BY 545 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY 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 3541 7656 3543 7657 3551 7660 3551 7650
      3556 7648 3562 7660 3571 7646 3569 7628
      3561 7630 3560 7627 3561 7620 3570 7616
      3566 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 234DEG 33KT 3552 7658

$$

CULLEN

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS52 KMHX 282148
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
548 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008

NCC095-282215-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080428T2215Z/
HYDE NC-
548 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HYDE COUNTY...

AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALLIGATOR LAKE...
OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  ALLIGATOR LAKE BY 555 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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY 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 3541 7656 3543 7657 3551 7660 3551 7650
      3556 7648 3562 7660 3571 7646 3569 7628
      3561 7630 3560 7627 3561 7620 3570 7616
      3566 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 2148Z 235DEG 10KT 3564 7638

$$

CULLEN

000 
WWUS52 KMHX 282205
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
604 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008

NCC095-282214-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080428T2215Z/
HYDE NC-
604 PM EDT MON APR 28 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN HYDE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE 
AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3541 7656 3543 7657 3551 7660 3551 7650
      3556 7648 3562 7660 3571 7646 3569 7628
      3561 7630 3560 7627 3561 7620 3570 7616
      3566 7602
TIME...MOT...LOC 2204Z 235DEG 10KT 3567 7634

$$

CULLEN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 3:21 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin	24 min
Apr 28, 4:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort	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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.