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Tornado Warning 43, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 26, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
- Aug 26, 2011, 11:43 PM EDT (03:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2011, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Tyrrell County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 12:05 AM EDT | TORNADO | Columbia, NC | POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR 1400 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 64. STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS WITH INJURIES REPORTED. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:11 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 140 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.
894
WFUS52 KMHX 270343
TORMHX
NCC177-270415-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0043.110827T0343Z-110827T0415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1143 PM EDT FRI AUG 26 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TYRRELL COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
* AT 1141 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER ALLIGATOR...OR 16 MILES WEST OF MANNS HARBOR...MOVING
WEST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEVELS...NEWFOUNDLAND...
COLUMBIA...
WOODLEY...
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 NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
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 3596 7600 3591 7601 3585 7606 3582 7606
3581 7604 3578 7605 3584 7637 3587 7635
3592 7638 3595 7635 3595 7633 3597 7629
3600 7617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 106DEG 37KT 3588 7609
$$
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 9:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Pamlico | 36 min |
| 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 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.