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Tornado Warning 33, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 5:33 PM EDT for Hyde County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6:20 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	3 Ssw Columbia, NC	REPORTED OVER NEWLANDS ROAD HEADING NE TOWARD COLUMBIA. RELAYED FROM 911 CENTER

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, 2:41 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

188 
WFUS52 KMHX 282133
TORMHX
NCC095-177-187-282215-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0033.110428T2133Z-110428T2215Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  TYRRELL COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 532 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER PUNGO LAKE...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...
  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...
  COLUMBIA...
  LEVELS...
  ALLIGATOR...FORT LANDING...

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 3600 7611 3595 7604 3594 7605 3592 7601
      3585 7606 3582 7606 3580 7604 3557 7649
      3558 7653 3560 7654 3560 7656 3569 7660
      3599 7623 3600 7617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 235DEG 44KT 3570 7649

$$

2

1 follow-up statement

118 
WWUS52 KMHX 282149
SVSMHX

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

NCC095-177-187-282215-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110428T2215Z/
TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC-HYDE NC-
549 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL HYDE...EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND TYRRELL COUNTIES...

AT 546 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
COLUMBIA...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDENTON...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... LEVELS...FRYING PAN
LANDING...ALLIGATOR...NEWFOUNDLAND AND FORT LANDING.

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 3600 7611 3595 7604 3594 7605 3592 7601
      3585 7606 3582 7606 3580 7604 3569 7635
      3577 7649 3599 7623 3600 7617
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 235DEG 44KT 3581 7629

$$

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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, 5:01 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, 5:42 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.