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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 28, 2011, 5:55 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:58 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

365 
WFUS52 KMHX 282155
TORMHX
NCC177-187-282230-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0034.110428T2155Z-110428T2230Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 550 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF CENTER OF PHELPS LAKE...OR 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. QUARTER SIZED
  HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH
  THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CRESWELL...SCUPPERNONG...

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 3598 7638 3594 7636 3595 7632 3596 7631
      3598 7625 3570 7658 3580 7669 3599 7642
      3599 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 234DEG 47KT 3579 7652

$$

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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, 5:33 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, 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.