Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 45, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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.
- 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
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 $$ 5
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 8:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 3:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 81 min |
| Sep 7, 7:54 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Martin | 51 min |
| Sep 7, 8:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Martin, Onslow and 2 more | 80 min |
| Sep 7, 8:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 61 min |
| Sep 7, 8:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 59 min |
| Sep 7, 9:45 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 90 min |
| Sep 7, 10:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 58 min |
| Sep 7, 11:41 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 94 min |
| Sep 7, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 66 min |
| Sep 7, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 62 min |
| Sep 7, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.