Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2008
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 1, 2008, 10:39 AM EDT for Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- Apr 1, 2008, 10:39 AM EDT (14:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2008, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 621 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WFUS52 KMHX 011440
TORMHX
NCC103-133-011515-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0009.080401T1439Z-080401T1515Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1039 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHEASTERN ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1115 AM EDT
* AT 1037 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
MAYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUMPKIN CENTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
MAYSVILLE BY 1045 AM EDT...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.
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 3488 7744 3505 7720 3498 7710 3496 7711
3489 7710 3474 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1439Z 232DEG 27KT 3488 7727
$$
212 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KMHX 011452
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1050 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008
NCC103-133-011515-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T1515Z/
JONES NC-ONSLOW NC-
1050 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN ONSLOW AND SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTIES...
AT 1049 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR
MAYSVILLE...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEY GREEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
POLLOCKSVILLE BY 1055 AM EDT...
PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3488 7744 3505 7720 3498 7710 3496 7711
3489 7710 3474 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1450Z 232DEG 27KT 3493 7719
$$
21000
WWUS52 KMHX 011502
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1102 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008
NCC103-011515-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080401T1515Z/
JONES NC-
1102 AM EDT TUE APR 1 2008
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY...
AT 1058 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF POLLOCKSVILLE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JAMES
CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
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 3483 7718 3484 7721 3489 7722 3492 7726
3493 7729 3493 7738 3505 7720 3498 7710
3496 7711 3489 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1502Z 232DEG 27KT 3498 7710
$$
21The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:02 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 28 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.