Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 38, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2011, 8:20 PM EDT for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 2618 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 608 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
423
WFUS52 KMHX 070020
TORMHX
NCC095-070100-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0038.110807T0020Z-110807T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
820 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 816 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A TORNADO OVER SWINDELL FORK...OR JUST NORTH OF
SWANQUARTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HYDELAND...
FAIRFIELD...
CENTER OF LAKE MATTAMUSKEET...
NEW HOLLAND...
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3548 7599 3541 7602 3542 7605 3541 7606
3538 7606 3535 7631 3538 7635 3535 7634
3534 7636 3552 7641 3564 7601 3552 7595
3551 7596 3549 7595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 257DEG 9KT 3545 7628
$$
51 follow-up statement
852
WWUS52 KMHX 070037
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
837 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
NCC095-070100-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0038.000000T0000Z-110807T0100Z/
MAINLAND HYDE NC-
837 PM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR EASTERN
MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY...
AT 834 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HYDELAND...OR 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... FAIRFIELD...CENTER OF
LAKE MATTAMUSKEET...NEW HOLLAND...NEBRASKA...MIDDLETOWN...LAKE
LANDING...GULL ROCK AND ENGELHARD.
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
LAT...LON 3548 7599 3541 7602 3542 7605 3541 7606
3538 7606 3537 7621 3539 7623 3539 7628
3555 7630 3564 7601 3552 7595 3551 7596
3549 7595
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 257DEG 9KT 3546 7623
$$
5The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 90 min |
| Aug 6, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 9:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 3:28 PM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 29 hr |
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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.