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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 16, 2011Duplin County, Greene County, Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 4:50 PM EDT for Duplin County, Greene County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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, 5:08 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	La Grange, NC	TURKEY BARN DESTROYED ON TURKEY FARM ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Apr 16, 5:12 PM EDT	TORNADO	Faison, NC	TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN FAISON NEAR DAVID BRYANT RD AND WADE DAUGHTRY RD.

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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.

041 
WFUS52 KMHX 162050
TORMHX
NCC061-079-107-162115-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.110416T2050Z-110416T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
450 PM EDT SAT APR 16 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
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 447 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 13 MILES WEST OF BOWDENS...OR 13 MILES WEST OF WARSAW...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE
  WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  FAISON...BOWDENS...
  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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3518 7817 3519 7816 3518 7807 3519 7800
      3517 7796 3517 7794 3515 7790 3517 7785
      3534 7784 3538 7773 3518 7761 3500 7816
      3507 7816 3509 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2050Z 242DEG 48KT 3502 7828

$$
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, 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
Apr 16, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Onslow	33 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.