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Tornado Warning 31, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 28, 2011Beaufort County, Hyde County, Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 5:01 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Hyde County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 5:45 PM EDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 75 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

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The text

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

662 
WFUS52 KMHX 282101
TORMHX
NCC013-095-187-282145-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0031.110428T2101Z-110428T2145Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 545 PM EDT

* AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER BATH...OR 6 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  YEATESVILLE...TERRA CEIA...
  PANTEGO...BELHAVEN...
  PUNGO...PIKE ROAD...
  PUNGO LAKE...

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 3580 7655 3558 7636 3552 7652 3553 7657
      3551 7657 3550 7659 3553 7658 3553 7662
      3549 7661 3543 7680 3548 7699 3544 7696
      3546 7692 3542 7684 3539 7693 3549 7704
      3550 7702 3548 7699 3551 7702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 235DEG 40KT 3548 7688

$$

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1 follow-up statement

165 
WWUS52 KMHX 282117
SVSMHX

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

NCC013-095-187-282145-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110428T2145Z/
WASHINGTON NC-BEAUFORT NC-HYDE NC-
517 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HYDE...NORTHEASTERN BEAUFORT AND SOUTH CENTRAL
WASHINGTON COUNTIES...

AT 514 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR YEATESVILLE...OR
15 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BELHAVEN...PANTEGO...
PUNGO...PIKE ROAD...LEECHVILLE...WENONA...PONZER AND PUNGO LAKE.

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 3548 7672 3550 7676 3557 7683 3562 7683
      3580 7655 3558 7636 3552 7652 3553 7657
      3551 7657 3550 7659 3553 7658 3553 7662
      3549 7661
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 235DEG 40KT 3557 7671

$$
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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, 3:29 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, 4:32 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, 5:15 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.