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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 27, 2008, 7:26 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 27, 2008, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2008, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | Rose Hill, NC | POSSIBLE TORNADO. REPORTS OF MULTIPLE POWER OUTAGES IN THE ROSE HILL AND TEACHEY AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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
- 2171 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMHX 272326 TORMHX NCC061-280015- /O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0041.080827T2326Z-080828T0015Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 726 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WALLACE... * UNTIL 815 PM EDT * AT 723 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR ROSE HILL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTH AT 9 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KENANSVILLE BY 815 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 3504 7804 3495 7778 3472 7793 3478 7813 TIME...MOT...LOC 2326Z 202DEG 8KT 3483 7799 $$ CULLEN
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMHX 272340 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 740 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 NCC061-280015- /O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080828T0015Z/ DUPLIN NC- 738 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY... AT 723 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR HIGHWAY 117 BETWEEN ROSE HILL AND TEACHEY. AT 736 PM EDT...THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GREENEVERS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTH AT 9 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KENANSVILLE BY 815 PM EDT... IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3504 7804 3495 7778 3472 7793 3478 7813 TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 202DEG 8KT 3487 7797 $$ CULLEN
000 WWUS52 KMHX 280009 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 809 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 NCC061-280016- /O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0041.000000T0000Z-080828T0015Z/ DUPLIN NC- 806 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 815 PM EDT... THE SEVERE WEATHER HAS PASSED AND THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3504 7804 3495 7778 3472 7793 3478 7813 TIME...MOT...LOC 0006Z 202DEG 8KT 3493 7794 $$ CULLEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 4:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 109 min |
| Aug 27, 5:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 102 min |
| Aug 27, 12:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 1:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Pamlico | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 7:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 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.