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Tornado Warning 41, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 27, 2008Duplin County, North Carolina

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.

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 27, 7:30 PM EDTTORNADORose Hill, NCPOSSIBLE 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2171 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2008-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 4:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Pamlico109 min
Aug 27, 5:40 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningMHXPamlico102 min
Aug 27, 12:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXJones, Onslow25 min
Aug 27, 1:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin61 min
Aug 27, 3:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXPamlico119 min
Aug 27, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin31 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.