Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2009, 4:09 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
- May 5, 2009, 4:09 PM EDT (20:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2009, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Craven County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 1742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS52 KMHX 052009 TORMHX NCC049-079-103-107-147-052100- /O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.090505T2009Z-090505T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 409 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KINSTON... PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF WOODINGTON...OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF LA GRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... FALLING CREEK AND WOODINGTON BY 425 PM EDT... KINSTON AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAWSON BY 440 PM EDT... WYSE FORK BY 445 PM EDT... GRAINGERS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER BY 455 PM EDT... GRIFTON BY 500 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. && LAT...LON 3545 7745 3523 7730 3510 7768 3528 7778 TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 242DEG 20KT 3517 7776 $$ 5
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS52 KMHX 052027 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 427 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 NCC049-079-103-107-147-052100- /O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090505T2100Z/ JONES NC-LENOIR NC-GREENE NC-PITT NC-CRAVEN NC- 427 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CRAVEN... PITT...GREENE...LENOIR AND JONES COUNTIES... AT 426 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH STRONG ROTATION. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR WOODINGTON...OR NEAR KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... KINSTON AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DAWSON BY 435 PM EDT... WYSE FORK BY 440 PM EDT... GRAINGERS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER BY 450 PM EDT... GRIFTON AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT BARNWELL BY 500 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. 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. && LAT...LON 3545 7745 3523 7730 3510 7768 3528 7778 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 242DEG 20KT 3523 7763 $$ 8
000 WWUS52 KMHX 052046 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 446 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 NCC079-052055- /O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090505T2100Z/ GREENE NC- 446 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3516 7756 3532 7767 3543 7743 3525 7732 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 242DEG 20KT 3528 7752 $$ NCC049-103-107-147-052100- /O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090505T2100Z/ JONES NC-LENOIR NC-PITT NC-CRAVEN NC- 446 PM EDT TUE MAY 5 2009 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR CRAVEN... PITT...LENOIR AND JONES COUNTIES... AT 444 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAINGERS...OR NEAR KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR... GRAINGERS AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOVER BY 450 PM EDT... GRIFTON AND 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT BARNWELL BY 500 PM EDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. && LAT...LON 3516 7756 3532 7767 3543 7743 3525 7732 TIME...MOT...LOC 2045Z 242DEG 20KT 3528 7752 $$ 8
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 65 min |
| May 5, 3:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 5 days | |
| May 5, 8:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 54 min | |
| May 5, 9:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| May 5, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| May 5, 9:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| May 5, 10:18 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| May 5, 10:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin | 2 hr |
| May 5, 11:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 38 min | |
| May 5, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Jones, Lenoir | 2 hr |
| May 5, 12:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 43 min |
| May 5, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 56 min |
| May 5, 3:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 45 min |
| May 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Lenoir, Pitt | 50 min |
| May 5, 5:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.