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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 7, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 7, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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
Sep 7, 2011, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Craven County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 83 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-09-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2965 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2011-09-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

898 
WFUS52 KMHX 072010
TORMHX
NCC049-079-103-107-147-072045-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0045.110907T2010Z-110907T2045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
410 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTH CENTRAL PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 445 PM EDT

* AT 406 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER WYSE FORK...OR 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINSTON...MOVING
  NORTH AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WYSE FORK...
  DOVER...
  KINSTON...
  GRAINGERS...
  GRIFTON...

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 3551 7757 3546 7728 3506 7742 3510 7764
TIME...MOT...LOC 2010Z 192DEG 18KT 3518 7750

$$

5
1 follow-up statement
247 
WWUS52 KMHX 072034
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
434 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

NCC103-072043-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110907T2045Z/
JONES NC-
434 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY. 

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.

LAT...LON 3523 7742 3534 7756 3550 7749 3546 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 192DEG 18KT 3532 7746

$$

NCC049-079-107-147-072045-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110907T2045Z/
GREENE NC-PITT NC-LENOIR NC-CRAVEN NC-
434 PM EDT WED SEP 7 2011

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN...NORTHEASTERN LENOIR...SOUTH CENTRAL PITT AND
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES...

AT 430 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR GRAINGERS...OR 7
MILES EAST OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... GRIFTON...QUINERLY...
JOHNSONS MILLS...ROUNDTREE AND AYDEN.

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 3523 7742 3534 7756 3550 7749 3546 7728
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 192DEG 18KT 3532 7746

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 6, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones47 min
Sep 7, 3:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow81 min
Sep 7, 7:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven, Martin51 min
Sep 7, 8:25 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Martin, Onslow and 2 more80 min
Sep 7, 8:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven61 min
Sep 7, 8:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin59 min
Sep 7, 9:45 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Pamlico90 min
Sep 7, 10:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort58 min
Sep 7, 11:41 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin, Jones, Onslow94 min
Sep 7, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir66 min
Sep 7, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin, Pitt62 min
Sep 7, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir61 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.