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Tornado Warning 44, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 29, 2011, 4:40 PM EDT for Dare County, Hyde County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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 29, 2011, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 29, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1590 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
852
WFUS52 KMHX 292040
TORMHX
NCC055-095-177-292130-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0044.110829T2040Z-110829T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
440 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN TYRRELL COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NORTHEASTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WEST CENTRAL MAINLAND DARE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KILKENNY...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ENGELHARD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL CENTRAL MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN TYRRELL COUNTY
RURAL EASTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY
RURAL SOUTHWESTERN MAINLAND DARE COUNTY
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 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3554 7592 3553 7594 3550 7597 3550 7624
3568 7626 3571 7605 3569 7603 3566 7604
3565 7603 3568 7601 3571 7601 3573 7592
3556 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 264DEG 9KT 3560 7614
$$
111 follow-up statement
650
WWUS52 KMHX 292103
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
503 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
NCC055-095-177-292130-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0044.000000T0000Z-110829T2130Z/
TYRRELL NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-
503 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MAINLAND DARE...NORTHEASTERN MAINLAND HYDE AND SOUTHEASTERN
TYRRELL COUNTIES...
AT 500 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A POSSIBLE TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST
OF KILKENNY...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENGELHARD...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
THE TORNADO WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE
INDICATED COUNTIES.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3554 7592 3553 7594 3550 7597 3550 7624
3568 7626 3571 7605 3569 7603 3566 7604
3565 7603 3568 7601 3571 7601 3573 7592
3556 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 264DEG 9KT 3561 7607
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 3:30 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 17 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 44 min |
| Aug 29, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 6:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt | 95 min |
| Aug 29, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Aug 29, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.