Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2008, 11:04 PM EST for Duplin County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Mar 4, 2008, 11:04 PM EST (04:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2008, 11:35 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Duplin County, NC, Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 11:30 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Sw Richlands, NC | TREE DOWN ON POWER LINE ON GREGORY FORK RD. |
| Mar 4, 11:35 PM EST | TSTM WND GST 51 | Richlands, NC | GUST TO 51 MPH |
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 4, 5:53 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMHX 050405
TORMHX
NCC061-133-050500-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.080305T0404Z-080305T0500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1104 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
* AT 1102 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF CYPRESS CREEK...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HAMPSTEAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CYPRESS CREEK AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAWS RUN BY 1125 PM EST...
CATHERINE LAKE BY 1135 PM EST...
HALF MOON BY 1140 PM EST...
RICHLANDS BY 1145 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 3461 7764 3463 7766 3464 7766 3471 7769
3471 7785 3497 7763 3488 7723 3458 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 220DEG 39KT 3455 7783
$$
CULLEN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMHX 050419
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1119 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
NCC061-133-050500-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080305T0500Z/
DUPLIN NC-ONSLOW NC-
1119 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FOR ONSLOW
AND DUPLIN COUNTIES...
AT 1114 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CYPRESS CREEK...OR ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
CATHERINE LAKE BY 1130 PM EST...
RICHLANDS...PETERSBURG AND HALF MOON BY 1140 PM EST...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3461 7764 3463 7766 3464 7766 3471 7769
3471 7785 3497 7763 3488 7723 3458 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0419Z 220DEG 39KT 3471 7771
$$
CULLEN000
WWUS52 KMHX 050435
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1134 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
NCC061-133-050444-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080305T0500Z/
DUPLIN NC-ONSLOW NC-
1134 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR ONSLOW AND DUPLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE TORNADO WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER...THEREFORE THE WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3461 7764 3463 7766 3464 7766 3471 7769
3471 7785 3497 7763 3488 7723 3458 7749
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 210DEG 45KT 3489 7760
$$
CULLENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 10:25 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 50 min |
| Mar 4, 11:01 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 44 min |
| Mar 4, 11:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir | 85 min |
| Mar 4, 11:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 76 min |
| Mar 4, 11:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 5, 12:04 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 41 min |
| Mar 5, 12:09 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pitt | 81 min |
| Mar 5, 12:36 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 26 min |
| Mar 5, 12:39 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min | |
| Mar 5, 12:40 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico | 80 min |
| Mar 5, 1:12 AM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 33 min |
| Mar 5, 1:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| Mar 5, 1:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Mar 5, 1:56 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min | |
| Mar 5, 1:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 77 min |
| Mar 5, 2:00 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 45 min | |
| Mar 5, 2:44 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 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.