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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 28, 20114 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 3:29 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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 28, 2011, 3:29 PM EDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Greene County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 28, 3:43 PM EDT	HAIL 0.75	1 N Farmville, NC
Apr 28, 4:15 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Se Williamston, NC	TWO TREES DOWN ON A SHED ON BELLTOWN RD. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

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 28, 8:48 AM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Apr 28, 2:41 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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: 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.

329 
WFUS52 KMHX 281929
TORMHX
NCC013-079-117-147-282015-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0025.110428T1929Z-110428T2015Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 328 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER CASTORIA...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARMVILLE...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...
  FARMVILLE...FOUNTAIN...
  BELL ARTHUR...
  BRUCE...FALKLAND...
  HOUSE...
  STATON...BETHEL...
  PARMELE...STOKES...

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 THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3592 7708 3586 7704
      3585 7701 3573 7688 3542 7770 3556 7783
      3580 7748 3581 7743 3584 7739 3583 7735
      3591 7735 3598 7740 3606 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 234DEG 45KT 3555 7768

$$

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2 follow-up statements

236 
WWUS52 KMHX 282002
SVSMHX

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

NCC079-282011-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110428T2015Z/
GREENE NC-
402 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.

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

LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3592 7708 3586 7704
      3585 7701 3573 7688 3550 7750 3551 7751
      3557 7761 3565 7770 3580 7748 3581 7743
      3584 7739 3583 7735 3591 7735 3598 7740
      3606 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 234DEG 45KT 3572 7735

$$

NCC013-117-147-282015-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110428T2015Z/
MARTIN NC-PITT NC-BEAUFORT NC-
402 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT...NORTHERN PITT AND MARTIN COUNTIES...

AT 343 PM EDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED PENNY HAIL NEAR 
FARMVILLE. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR STATON...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF 
GREENVILLE...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... PACTOLUS...BETHEL...
STOKES...PARMELE...ROBERSONVILLE...HASSELL...GOLD POINT...OAK CITY...
BEARGRASS...SMITHWICK...WILLIAMSTON...HAMILTON AND EVERETTS.

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 THURSDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3592 7708 3586 7704
      3585 7701 3573 7688 3550 7750 3551 7751
      3557 7761 3565 7770 3580 7748 3581 7743
      3584 7739 3583 7735 3591 7735 3598 7740
      3606 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 234DEG 45KT 3572 7735

$$

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243 
WWUS52 KMHX 282019
SVSMHX

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

NCC013-117-147-282028-
/O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110428T2015Z/
MARTIN NC-PITT NC-BEAUFORT NC-
419 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT...NORTHERN PITT AND 
MARTIN COUNTIES EXPIRED AT 415 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.

WHILE THE IMMEDIATE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DISSIPATED...ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE PREPARED TO
MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.

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

LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3592 7708 3586 7704
      3585 7701 3573 7688 3550 7750 3551 7751
      3557 7761 3565 7770 3580 7748 3581 7743
      3584 7739 3583 7735 3591 7735 3598 7740
      3606 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 180DEG 0KT 3559 7757

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 10:07 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more	12 hr
Apr 28, 1:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	49 min
Apr 28, 2:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin	49 min
Apr 28, 3:10 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	50 min
Apr 28, 3:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir	42 min
Apr 28, 4:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Pitt	49 min
Apr 28, 4:32 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	26 min
Apr 28, 4:44 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Washington	31 min
Apr 28, 4:49 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Pitt	22 min
Apr 28, 5:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Washington	44 min
Apr 28, 5:15 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	19 min
Apr 28, 5:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		49 min
Apr 28, 5:33 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	42 min
Apr 28, 5:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow	33 min
Apr 28, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow	29 min
Apr 28, 5:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	35 min
Apr 28, 6:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Dare, Tyrrell, Washington	37 min
Apr 28, 6:38 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		67 min
Apr 28, 7:01 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Dare	29 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.