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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 16, 2011Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 5:26 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 16, 2011, 5:26 PM EDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 16, 5:55 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Kenansville, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN

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 16, 12:02 PM EDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 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.

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: 7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 824 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 308 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

391 
WFUS52 KMHX 162126
TORMHX
NCC061-162215-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0004.110416T2126Z-110416T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
526 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 615 PM EDT

* AT 521 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 25 MILES WEST OF TEACHEY...OR 25 MILES WEST OF WALLACE...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
  IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MAGNOLIA...
  KENANSVILLE...WARSAW...
  KORNEGAY...

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 SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3489 7815 3499 7816 3512 7798 3505 7779
      3490 7768 3472 7772 3471 7792 3471 7793
      3471 7799 3472 7801 3471 7814 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 230DEG 47KT 3473 7838

$$

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1 follow-up statement

493 
WWUS52 KMHX 162142
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
542 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

NCC061-162215-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T2215Z/
DUPLIN NC-
542 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR DUPLIN
COUNTY...

AT 540 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MAGNOLIA...OR 14 MILES WEST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... TEACHEY...ROSE HILL...
WARSAW...GREENEVERS...KENANSVILLE...CHINQUAPIN...LYMAN...BEULAVILLE
AND KORNEGAY.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3489 7815 3499 7816 3512 7798 3505 7779
      3490 7768 3472 7772 3471 7792 3471 7793
      3471 7799 3472 7801 3471 7814 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2142Z 233DEG 42KT 3483 7821

$$

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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 16, 4:02 AM EDT	High Surf Advisory	MHX		22 hr
Apr 16, 4:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Lenoir	25 min
Apr 16, 5:24 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	51 min
Apr 16, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	36 min
Apr 16, 6:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	47 min
Apr 16, 6:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	29 min
Apr 16, 6:19 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	41 min
Apr 16, 6:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	37 min
Apr 16, 6:50 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	25 min
Apr 16, 6:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	48 min
Apr 16, 7:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Washington	38 min
Apr 16, 7:16 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin	14 min
Apr 16, 7:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven	38 min
Apr 16, 7:39 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven	51 min
Apr 16, 7:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Onslow	33 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.