Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 9:16 PM EDT for Dare County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dare County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:19 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 66 | East Lake, NC | OBSERVED 57 KT WIND GUST ON THE WEATHERFLOW MESONET NETWORK |
| Apr 16, 9:21 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Sse Columbia, NC | TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 64 NEAR BURTON SHELL RD. RELAYED FROM 911 CENTER |
| Apr 16, 9:34 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 5 Ene Columbia, NC | TREES DOWN ACROSS HWY 64E NEAR OLD HWY 64 |
| Apr 16, 9:36 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 6 Ene Columbia, NC | TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN ON OLD HWY 64 |
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 | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 576 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 688 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 9.2
- Supercell composite
- 37.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
396
WFUS52 KMHX 170116
TORMHX
NCC055-177-170200-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0019.110417T0116Z-110417T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
916 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
TYRRELL COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHWESTERN DARE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 913 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 8 MILES WEST OF GUM NECK...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ENGELHARD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALLIGATOR...
FORT LANDING...EAST LAKE...
MASHOES...
KITTY HAWK...COLINGTON...
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.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3600 7564 3597 7567 3601 7574 3598 7589
3595 7572 3594 7572 3594 7579 3578 7600
3579 7600 3593 7601 3586 7608 3575 7605
3562 7626 3569 7627 3578 7641 3599 7614
3596 7601 3603 7575 3612 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0116Z 233DEG 50KT 3578 7622
$$
81 follow-up statement
772
WWUS52 KMHX 170135
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
935 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC055-177-170200-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110417T0200Z/
TYRRELL NC-DARE NC-
935 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES...
AT 932 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR FRYING PAN
LANDING...OR 23 MILES WEST OF MANNS HARBOR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ALLIGATOR...
NEWFOUNDLAND...FORT LANDING...EAST LAKE...MASHOES...COLINGTON...KITTY
HAWK AND KILL DEVIL HILLS.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3600 7564 3597 7567 3601 7574 3598 7589
3595 7572 3594 7572 3594 7579 3578 7600
3579 7600 3593 7601 3586 7608 3575 7605
3562 7626 3569 7627 3578 7641 3599 7614
3596 7601 3603 7575 3612 7576
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 233DEG 50KT 3583 7613
$$
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 8:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 37 min | |
| Apr 16, 8:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 8:40 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 9:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 min | |
| Apr 16, 9:05 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 min | |
| Apr 16, 9:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Apr 16, 9:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 9:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 10:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 37 min |
| Apr 17, 12:15 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 20 hr |
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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.