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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 16, 2011Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 6:50 PM EDT for Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. 3 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: Apr 16, 2011, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 110 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
Apr 16, 7:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sse Oak City, NC	TREES DOWN ALONG HWY 42. RELAYED FROM 911 CENTER
Apr 16, 7:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1	Hamilton, NC
Apr 16, 7:10 PM EDT	TORNADO	6 Ne Robersonville, NC	NWS STORM SURVEY HAS CONFIRMED AN EF-0 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY NEAR THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY 125 AND LOG CABIN ROAD. THE TORNADO TORE THE ROOF OFF A DOUBLE WIDE MOBILE HOME AND TOSSED IT 20 YARDS INTO A FIELD.

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
Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

072 
WFUS52 KMHX 162250
TORMHX
NCC117-147-162315-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0010.110416T2250Z-110416T2315Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
650 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTH CENTRAL PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 715 PM EDT

* AT 647 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER FALKLAND...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BETHEL...
  PARMELE...ROBERSONVILLE...
  GOLD POINT...HASSELL...
  HAMILTON...

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.

IF CAUGHT IN A VEHICLE...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE
AND STAY PUT LEAVING YOUR SEAT BELT ON...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND
LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3599 7719 3594 7719 3594 7705 3591 7703
      3586 7705 3560 7746 3571 7759 3580 7748
      3580 7745 3583 7740 3582 7736 3591 7735
      3600 7741 3607 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2249Z 227DEG 51KT 3573 7745

$$

DAG

1 follow-up statement

282 
WWUS52 KMHX 162307
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
707 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC117-147-162315-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110416T2315Z/
MARTIN NC-PITT NC-
707 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL PITT AND WESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES...

AT 701 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PARMELE...OR 14
MILES WEST OF WILLIAMSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... GOLD POINT... 
HASSELL... EVERETTS...OAK CITY AND HAMILTON.

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.

IF CAUGHT IN A VEHICLE...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE
AND STAY PUT LEAVING YOUR SEAT BELT ON...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND
LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES.

NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3605 7730 3599 7719 3594 7719 3594 7705
      3591 7703 3586 7705 3574 7723 3581 7743
      3583 7740 3582 7736 3591 7735 3597 7739
TIME...MOT...LOC 2306Z 227DEG 51KT 3587 7724

$$

DAG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 4:02 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MHX		22 hr
Apr 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Lenoir	25 min
Apr 16, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	51 min
Apr 16, 5:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin	49 min
Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	36 min
Apr 16, 6:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	47 min
Apr 16, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	29 min
Apr 16, 6:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	41 min
Apr 16, 6:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	37 min
Apr 16, 6:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	48 min
Apr 16, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Washington	38 min
Apr 16, 7:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin	14 min
Apr 16, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven	38 min
Apr 16, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven	51 min
Apr 16, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Onslow	33 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.