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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2011, 9:09 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Hyde County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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 26, 2011, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2011, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Pamlico County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 415 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
590
WFUS52 KMHX 270109
TORMHX
NCC013-095-137-270145-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0039.110827T0109Z-110827T0145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
909 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN PAMLICO COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 945 PM EDT
* AT 902 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ENGELHARD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 40
MPH. ANOTHER POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST WEST OF SWAN
QUARTER.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ENGELHARD...MIDDLETOWN...
LAKE LANDING...NEBRASKA...
FAIRFIELD...
PAMLICO BEACH...
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.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 500 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3536 7606 3532 7615 3536 7625 3531 7628
3539 7634 3534 7634 3518 7656 3515 7653
3516 7659 3519 7656 3535 7667 3534 7658
3538 7657 3542 7670 3553 7675 3563 7629
3560 7621 3567 7613 3554 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 129DEG 33KT 3541 7587
$$
81 follow-up statement
766
WWUS52 KMHX 270128
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
928 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
NCC013-137-270136-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110827T0145Z/
PAMLICO NC-BEAUFORT NC-
928 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT AND NORTHEASTERN
PAMLICO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3547 7599 3542 7601 3540 7603 3542 7604
3540 7606 3536 7606 3538 7631 3546 7642
3562 7634 3563 7631 3563 7629 3561 7629
3561 7620 3552 7595 3551 7597 3549 7596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 112DEG 29KT 3546 7608
$$
NCC095-270145-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110827T0145Z/
MAINLAND HYDE NC-
928 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR MAINLAND
HYDE COUNTY...
AT 921 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO.
THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR NEBRASKA...OR NEAR ENGELHARD...MOVING
WEST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... NEW HOLLAND...
HYDELAND...CENTER OF LAKE MATTAMUSKEET...SWINDELL FORK...
SWANQUARTER...ROSE BAY AND FAIRFIELD.
NIGHTTIME TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THEY ARE DIFFICULT TO
SEE. TAKE COVER NOW. DO NOT SEEK VISUAL CONFIRMATION.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
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 500 AM EDT SATURDAY MORNING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3547 7599 3542 7601 3540 7603 3542 7604
3540 7606 3536 7606 3538 7631 3546 7642
3562 7634 3563 7631 3563 7629 3561 7629
3561 7620 3552 7595 3551 7597 3549 7596
TIME...MOT...LOC 0126Z 112DEG 29KT 3546 7608
$$
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 10:12 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 26, 10:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 10:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 26, 10:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 26, 11:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 4:12 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Jones | 20 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:31 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 9 days |
| Aug 27, 5:47 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 16 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Hyde and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 6 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Greene | 3 days |
| Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 8 days |
| Aug 27, 4:20 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Martin | 5 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 3 days |
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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.