Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 5, 2008, 1:12 AM EST for Beaufort County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Mar 5, 2008, 1:12 AM EST (06:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2008, 1:45 AM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Pamlico County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 71 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 050612
TORMHX
NCC013-137-050645-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0007.080305T0612Z-080305T0645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
112 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
PAMLICO COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 145 AM EST
* AT 109 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR SILVER
HILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF JAMES CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 50 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
ROYAL BY 120 AM EST...
SOUTH CREEK AND BAYVIEW BY 125 AM EST...
RANSOMVILLE BY 130 AM EST...
WINSTEADVILLE...SIDNEY CROSSROADS...PAMLICO BEACH AND YEATESVILLE
BY 135 AM EST...
BELHAVEN BY 140 AM EST...
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
SMALL HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
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.
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 3551 7661 3543 7658 3537 7662 3541 7670
3539 7672 3536 7664 3510 7685 3518 7695
3540 7682 3539 7673 3542 7680 3559 7670
3552 7654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0612Z 217DEG 46KT 3523 7686
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMHX 050621
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
120 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
NCC137-050630-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080305T0645Z/
PAMLICO NC-
120 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PAMLICO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM EST WEDNESDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3551 7656 3552 7660 3551 7661 3543 7658
3538 7662 3541 7669 3540 7676 3542 7679
3559 7670 3553 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 217DEG 46KT 3531 7678
$$
NCC013-050645-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080305T0645Z/
BEAUFORT NC-
120 AM EST WED MAR 5 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM EST FOR BEAUFORT
COUNTY...
AT 117 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AURORA...OR ABOUT
19 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SOUTH CREEK BY 125 AM EST...
RANSOMVILLE BY 130 AM EST...
WINSTEADVILLE...PAMLICO BEACH AND 7 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF YEATESVILLE BY 135 AM EST...
BELHAVEN BY 140 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 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 3551 7656 3552 7660 3551 7661 3543 7658
3538 7662 3541 7669 3540 7676 3542 7679
3559 7670 3553 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 0620Z 217DEG 46KT 3531 7678
$$The 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 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, 1:29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.