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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 16, 2011Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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: Apr 16, 2011, 7:42 PM EDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 8:10 PM EDT	TORNADO	Tarawa Terrace Ii, NC	NWS STORM SURVEY CONFIRMED EF2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN TARAWA TERRACE IN CAMP LEJEUNE
Apr 16, 8:11 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Jacksonville, NC	SPOTTER REPORTED WIND GUST TO 70 MPH AND POSSIBLY A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT A BOJANGLES ON HWY 24 IN JACKSONVILLE
Apr 16, 8:17 PM EDT	TORNADO	Jacksonville, NC	PUBLIC REPORTS OF TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN THE PINEY GREEN AREA
Apr 16, 8:18 PM EDT	TORNADO	Camp Lejeune, NC	PUBLIC REPORTS TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN CAMP LEJEUNE.

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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.

819 
WFUS52 KMHX 162342
TORMHX
NCC133-170015-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0015.110416T2342Z-110417T0015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 740 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 9
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAWS RUN...OR 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH
  TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS
  STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAWS RUN...
  VERONA...CATHERINE LAKE...
  NEW RIVER AIR STATION...
  JACKSONVILLE...PUMPKIN CENTER...
  KELLUM...PINEY GREEN...

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.

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.

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 3471 7769 3488 7741 3471 7718 3462 7736
      3463 7736 3464 7734 3467 7738 3463 7737
      3461 7739 3460 7739 3459 7741 3460 7741
      3461 7743 3458 7743 3450 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 234DEG 43KT 3462 7767

$$

DAG

1 follow-up statement

201 
WWUS52 KMHX 170007
SVSMHX

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

NCC133-170015-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-110417T0015Z/
ONSLOW NC-
807 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
ONSLOW COUNTY...

AT 804 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A TORNADO.  THIS
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR JACKSONVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... KELLUM AND HUBERT.

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.

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

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 3457 7745 3475 7756 3488 7741 3471 7718
      3462 7736 3463 7736 3464 7734 3467 7738
      3463 7737 3461 7739 3460 7739 3459 7741
      3460 7741 3461 7743 3458 7743
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 234DEG 43KT 3480 7737

$$

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, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	25 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

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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.