Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 37, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT for Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 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
- Aug 6, 2011, 12:13 PM EDT (16:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 12:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1490 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 703 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
725
WFUS52 KMHX 061613
TORMHX
NCC079-147-061645-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0037.110806T1613Z-110806T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1213 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WEST CENTRAL PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT
* AT 1208 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER WALSTONBURG...OR 8 MILES WEST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...WALSTONBURG...FOUNTAIN...FARMVILLE...
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.
THIS STORM WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL FLOOD LOW
LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER AREAS OF POOR
DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS. MOTORISTS
SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3560 7778 3567 7768 3571 7760 3553 7750
3550 7777 3558 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 251DEG 13KT 3558 7771
$$
DAG1 follow-up statement
886
WWUS52 KMHX 061632
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1232 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
NCC079-147-061642-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110806T1645Z/
GREENE NC-PITT NC-
1232 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PITT AND NORTHERN GREENE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
LAT...LON 3560 7778 3567 7768 3571 7760 3553 7750
3550 7777 3558 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1632Z 251DEG 13KT 3560 7763
$$
DAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 10:57 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Aug 6, 11:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 11:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 12:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 66 min |
| Aug 6, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 3:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 4:00 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 28 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:06 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Aug 6, 4:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 48 min | |
| Aug 6, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 5:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 64 min |
| Aug 6, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 6:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 86 min |
| Aug 6, 6:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 6:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 79 min |
| Aug 6, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 6:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 7:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 54 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.