Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2011
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2011, 3:38 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 min. 4 reports 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
- May 14, 2011, 3:38 PM EDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 E Faison, NC | TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 403. |
| May 14, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Faison, NC | TREE DOWN ON HIGHWAY 117 |
| May 14, 4:00 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Ese Faison, NC | TREES DOWN ALONG MCNEAL ROAD |
| May 14, 4:40 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 Ene Red Hill, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
205
WUUS52 KMHX 141938
SVRMHX
NCC061-142030-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0013.110514T1938Z-110514T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
338 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT
* AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH
THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOWDENS...
BEAUTANCUS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE
WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3520 7804 3519 7798 3517 7797 3517 7792
3515 7790 3517 7789 3517 7788 3510 7779
3487 7809 3493 7816 3508 7816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 224DEG 15KT 3500 7809
$$
111 follow-up statement
875
WWUS52 KMHX 142002
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
402 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
NCC061-142030-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110514T2030Z/
DUPLIN NC-
402 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN DUPLIN COUNTY...
AT 355 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BOWDENS...OR NEAR WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BEAUTANCUS AND
ALBERTSON.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT
SATURDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3520 7804 3519 7798 3517 7797 3517 7792
3515 7790 3517 7789 3517 7788 3510 7779
3487 7809 3493 7816 3508 7816
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 224DEG 15KT 3510 7805
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| May 14, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 66 min |
| May 14, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 51 min |
| May 14, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 52 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.