Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 6, 2011, 5:50 PM EST for Duplin County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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 6, 2011, 5:50 PM EST (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2011, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Duplin County, NC, Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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 6, 6:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 S Faison, NC | STARIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE OF 70 TO 80 MPH FLIPPED A CARGO TRAILER AND CAUSED MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO A STORAGE BARN OUTSIDE FAISON IN DUPLIN COUNTY |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
986
WFUS52 KMHX 062250
TORMHX
NCC061-107-062315-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0001.110306T2250Z-110306T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
550 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 615 PM EST
* AT 548 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER BOWDENS...OR OVER WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAISON...
BEAUTANCUS...CALYPSO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9 OR NOTIFY YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 7816 3518 7807 3519 7800 3517 7796
3517 7794 3515 7790 3517 7785 3534 7784
3536 7781 3537 7777 3528 7757 3488 7812
3491 7815 3507 7816 3509 7817 3514 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 225DEG 35KT 3505 7813
$$
81 follow-up statement
097
WWUS52 KMHX 062306
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
606 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
NCC061-107-062315-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110306T2315Z/
DUPLIN NC-LENOIR NC-
606 PM EST SUN MAR 6 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EST FOR
NORTHWESTERN LENOIR AND NORTHWESTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES...
AT 600 PM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BEAUTANCUS...OR NEAR MOUNT OLIVE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ALBERTSON...FALLING
CREEK...MOSS HILL...LA GRANGE AND KINSTON.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
LAT...LON 3519 7816 3518 7807 3519 7800 3517 7796
3517 7794 3515 7790 3517 7785 3534 7784
3536 7781 3537 7777 3528 7757 3488 7812
3491 7815 3507 7816 3509 7817 3514 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 223DEG 36KT 3518 7796
$$
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 6, 6:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.