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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 28, 2011Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 28, 2011, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2011, 3:15 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 2:52 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGTeachey, NCSEVERAL TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 28, 3:01 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 Se Magnolia, NCTURKEY BARNS AND OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED. TREES DOWN. NEAR NC903 AND HALLS POND RD.
Apr 28, 3:10 PM EDTTORNADO8 Se Warsaw, NCHOG FARM AND TREES SNAPPED IN A 150 TO 200 FT WIDE PATH APPROX 0.5 MILES LONG.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 28, 8:48 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1638 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1638 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

380 
WFUS52 KMHX 281826
TORMHX
NCC061-281915-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0023.110428T1826Z-110428T1915Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
226 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 315 PM EDT

* AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 15 MILES WEST OF TEACHEY...OR 15 MILES WEST OF WALLACE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAGNOLIA...ROSE HILL...
  KENANSVILLE...
  KORNEGAY...
  ALBERTSON...

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 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 7815 3504 7816 3516 7806 3512 7779
      3488 7769 3473 7801 3472 7811 3471 7813
      3472 7815 3473 7819 3475 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1826Z 230DEG 48KT 3474 7824

$$

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1 follow-up statement
614 
WWUS52 KMHX 281851
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
251 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

NCC061-281915-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110428T1915Z/
DUPLIN NC-
251 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR DUPLIN
COUNTY...

AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ROSE HILL...OR 9
MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 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... MAGNOLIA...
GREENEVERS...WARSAW...BOWDENS...KENANSVILLE...BEAUTANCUS...
BEULAVILLE...KORNEGAY AND ALBERTSON.

A FUNNEL CLOUD HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG THE 
SAMPSON...DUPLIN COUNTY LINE NEAR HARRELLS. TAKE COVER NOW! IF A BASEMENT IS 
NOT AVAILABLE...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OR HALLWAY ON THE LOWEST 
FLOOR. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR WALLS.

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 400 PM EDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 900 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3479 7818 3490 7815 3504 7816 3516 7806
      3512 7779 3488 7769 3481 7797 3473 7801
      3472 7811 3471 7813 3472 7815 3473 7819
      3475 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1850Z 231DEG 43KT 3486 7807

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 10:07 AM EDTWind AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more12 hr
Apr 28, 1:41 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin, Lenoir49 min
Apr 28, 3:10 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin, Lenoir50 min
Apr 28, 3:29 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt46 min
Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir42 min
Apr 28, 4:26 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pitt49 min
Apr 28, 4:32 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin, Onslow26 min
Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXMartin, Washington31 min
Apr 28, 4:49 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pitt22 min
Apr 28, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Washington44 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell, Washington19 min
Apr 28, 5:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX49 min
Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXHyde, Tyrrell, Washington42 min
Apr 28, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones, Onslow33 min
Apr 28, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones, Onslow29 min
Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXTyrrell, Washington35 min
Apr 28, 6:23 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare, Tyrrell, Washington37 min
Apr 28, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Apr 28, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare29 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.