Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 4, 2008, 11:51 PM EST for Craven County, Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report 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, 11:51 PM EST (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2008, 12:20 AM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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 5, 12:01 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Fort Barnwell, NC | MULTILPLE TREES BLOWN DOWN IN THE FORT BARNWELL/RIVERSIDE AREA OF WESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY. |
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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 050451
TORMHX
NCC049-103-050530-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0004.080305T0451Z-080305T0530Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1151 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EST
* AT 1148 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR PHILLIPS
CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINSTON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
FORT BARNWELL AND 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF JASPER BY MIDNIGHT EST...
RIVERSIDE BY 1205 AM EST...
HONOLULU AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF VANCEBORO BY 1210 AM 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 3505 7740 3513 7754 3515 7752 3522 7753
3524 7751 3522 7748 3525 7744 3531 7745
3533 7739 3532 7736 3537 7730 3535 7725
3542 7718 3529 7709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 217DEG 53KT 3514 7744
$$
CULLEN2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMHX 050501
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1200 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
NCC103-050510-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0530Z/
JONES NC-
1200 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3513 7729 3519 7742 3523 7747 3525 7744
3531 7745 3533 7739 3532 7736 3537 7730
3535 7725 3542 7718 3529 7709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 217DEG 53KT 3525 7734
$$
NCC049-050530-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0530Z/
CRAVEN NC-
1200 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EST FOR CRAVEN
COUNTY...
AT 1157 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COVE
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
RIVERSIDE BY 1205 AM EST...
VANCEBORO BY 1210 AM 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 3513 7729 3519 7742 3523 7747 3525 7744
3531 7745 3533 7739 3532 7736 3537 7730
3535 7725 3542 7718 3529 7709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 217DEG 53KT 3525 7734
$$
CULLEN000
WWUS52 KMHX 050520
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1219 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
NCC049-050529-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080305T0530Z/
CRAVEN NC-
1219 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CRAVEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE
AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3513 7729 3519 7742 3523 7747 3525 7744
3531 7745 3533 7739 3532 7736 3537 7730
3535 7725 3542 7718 3529 7709
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 217DEG 53KT 3547 7713
$$
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, 11:04 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 31 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 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.