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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 28, 2011Duplin County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 4:32 PM EDT for Duplin County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2011, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 4:58 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Duplin County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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.

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, 2:41 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 86 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.

480 
WFUS52 KMHX 282032
TORMHX
NCC061-133-282115-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0028.110428T2032Z-110428T2115Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT

* AT 420 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO IN 
ATKINSON IN PENDER COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. QUARTER 
SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY 
WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED THROUGH 515 PM INCLUDE...
  WALLACE...
  CHINQUAPIN...CYPRESS CREEK...
  LYMAN...

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 3499 7771 3479 7752 3471 7768 3472 7768
      3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803 3473 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 232DEG 27KT 3462 7805

$$
TL

3 follow-up statements

596 
WWUS52 KMHX 282039
SVSMHX

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

NCC061-133-282115-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110428T2115Z/
ONSLOW NC-DUPLIN NC-
439 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN AND NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW COUNTIES...

AT 432 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 6 MILES 
SOUTHEAST OF PENDERLEA IN PENDER COUNTY.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 6 
MILES SOUTH OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... TEACHEY...GREENEVERS...
CHINQUAPIN...CYPRESS CREEK...POTTERS HILL...LYMAN...CATHERINE LAKE
AND BEULAVILLE.

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 3499 7771 3479 7752 3471 7768 3472 7768
      3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803 3473 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 232DEG 27KT 3465 7799

$$
TL

483 
WWUS52 KMHX 282042
SVSMHX

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

NCC061-133-282115-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110428T2115Z/
ONSLOW NC-DUPLIN NC-
442 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN AND NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW COUNTIES...

AT 433 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
PENDERLEA.  THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... TEACHEY...GREENEVERS...
CHINQUAPIN...CYPRESS CREEK...POTTERS HILL...LYMAN...CATHERINE LAKE
AND BEULAVILLE.

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 3499 7771 3479 7752 3471 7768 3472 7768
      3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803 3473 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 232DEG 27KT 3465 7797

$$
TL

927 
WWUS52 KMHX 282058
SVSMHX

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

NCC061-133-282108-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0028.000000T0000Z-110428T2115Z/
ONSLOW NC-DUPLIN NC-
458 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN AND NORTHWESTERN
ONSLOW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED 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.

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.

LAT...LON 3499 7771 3479 7752 3471 7768 3472 7768
      3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803 3473 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 232DEG 27KT 3472 7784

$$
TL

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, 3:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt	46 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, 4:44 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

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.