Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 39, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2008, 9:25 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Aug 10, 2008, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2008, 9:54 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 993 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMHX 110125
TORMHX
NCC147-110215-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0039.080811T0125Z-080811T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
925 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTERVILLE...GREENVILLE...
FARMVILLE...
* UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
* AT 924 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FARMVILLE.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
7 MILES SOUTH OF BRUCE BY 950 PM EDT...
WINTERVILLE BY 1005 PM EDT...
GREENVILLE...BELLS FORK...HOUSE AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF STATON BY 1015
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.
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 3550 7750 3552 7752 3553 7753 3553 7754
3562 7764 3574 7730 3554 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0125Z 253DEG 6KT 3556 7750
$$
CULLEN3 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMHX 110135
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
935 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
NCC147-110215-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080811T0215Z/
PITT NC-
933 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
PITT COUNTY...
AT 924 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FARMVILLE. AT 930
PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT IS POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO IS
LOCATED NEAR BELL ARTHUR...OR ABOUT NEAR WINTERVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
WINTERVILLE BY 945 PM EDT...
GREENVILLE BY 1000 PM EDT...
BELLS FORK AND HOUSE BY 1005 PM EDT...
7 MILES SOUTH OF STATON BY 1010 PM EDT...
SIMPSON BY 1015 PM EDT...
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3550 7750 3552 7752 3553 7753 3553 7754
3562 7764 3574 7730 3554 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0133Z 258DEG 10KT 3557 7745
$$
CULLEN000
WWUS52 KMHX 110145
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
945 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
NCC147-110215-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080811T0215Z/
PITT NC-
943 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
PITT COUNTY...
AT 924 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR FARMVILLE. AT 941
PM EDT...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT IS POSSIBLY PRODUCING A TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR BELLS FORK...OR ABOUT NEAR GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT
19 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SIMPSON BY 955 PM EDT...
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 3550 7750 3552 7752 3553 7753 3553 7754
3562 7764 3574 7730 3554 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0143Z 262DEG 17KT 3558 7736
$$
CULLEN000
WWUS52 KMHX 110154
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
954 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
NCC147-110203-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-080811T0215Z/
PITT NC-
953 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL PITT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY HAVE PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR FARMVILLE
HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE
WEATHER...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3550 7750 3552 7752 3553 7753 3553 7754
3562 7764 3574 7730 3554 7723
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 266DEG 48KT 3559 7722
$$
CULLENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 10:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Aug 10, 11:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min | |
| Aug 11, 12:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Aug 11, 12:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin | 114 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.