Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2011
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 16, 2011, 6:38 PM EDT for Greene County, Lenoir County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
- Apr 16, 2011, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2011, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:02 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
950
WFUS52 KMHX 162238
TORMHX
NCC079-107-147-162315-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0009.110416T2238Z-110416T2315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
638 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHEASTERN GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTHERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 715 PM EDT
* AT 637 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER DAWSON...OR OVER KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE
ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRIFTON...ORMONDSVILLE...
AYDEN...ROUNDTREE...
WINTERVILLE...
SIMPSON...BELLS FORK...
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 3568 7736 3561 7722 3547 7722 3535 7747
3520 7762 3534 7776
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 228DEG 54KT 3535 7759
$$
291 follow-up statement
391
WWUS52 KMHX 162254
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
654 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
NCC107-162304-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110416T2315Z/
LENOIR NC-
654 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LENOIR COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3550 7755 3567 7733 3561 7722 3549 7722
3542 7732 3538 7741
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 228DEG 54KT 3550 7738
$$
NCC079-147-162315-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110416T2315Z/
GREENE NC-PITT NC-
654 PM EDT SAT APR 16 2011
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR SOUTHERN
PITT AND EAST CENTRAL GREENE COUNTIES...
AT 652 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR AYDEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... BELLS FORK...
GREENVILLE...BELGRADE...BLACK JACK AND SIMPSON.
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 3550 7755 3567 7733 3561 7722 3549 7722
3542 7732 3538 7741
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 228DEG 54KT 3550 7738
$$
29The 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, 5:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 49 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, 6:50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.