Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2009
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 27, 2009, 5:56 PM EDT for Pitt 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
- Mar 27, 2009, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2009, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | Greenville, NC | 911 CENTER REPORTED TORNADO ON FIRETOWER ROAD WITH DAMAGE REPORTED. |
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, 9.9 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
- 280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 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 272156
TORMHX
NCC147-272245-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.090327T2156Z-090327T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
556 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...WINTERVILLE...GREENVILLE...
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
WINTERVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
GREENVILLE BY 605 PM EDT...
HOUSE BY 615 PM EDT...
STATON AND PACTOLUS BY 620 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3575 7741 3568 7719 3556 7722 3547 7730
3549 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 204DEG 22KT 3554 7737
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WWUS52 KMHX 272213
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
613 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
NCC147-272245-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090327T2245Z/
PITT NC-
613 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2009
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PITT
COUNTY...
AT 611 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FIRE TOWER RAOD IN GREENVILLE...MOVING
NORTH AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN AND NEAR GREENVILLE SHOULD SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
HOUSE AND 7 MILES WEST OF PACTOLUS BY 620 PM EDT...
STATON BY 625 PM EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
&&
LAT...LON 3575 7741 3568 7719 3556 7722 3547 7730
3549 7746
TIME...MOT...LOC 2211Z 198DEG 20KT 3560 7736
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 5:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 6:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 48 min |
| Mar 27, 6:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Pitt | 16 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.