Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 24, 2012, 2:38 PM EST for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 min. 5 reports 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
- Feb 24, 2012, 2:38 PM EST (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2012, 3:15 PM EST
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2:45 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Magnolia, NC | REPORT RELAYED FROM MEDIA... PUBLIC REPORTS TREES DOWN IN MAGNOLIA WITH HAIL. |
| Feb 24, 2:47 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 N Kenansville, NC | EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED REPORT OF POWERLINES DOWN NORTH OF KENANSVILLE ON WILLIAMS ROAD. |
| Feb 24, 2:50 PM EST | HAIL 1.25 | 2 S Beulaville, NC | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF QUARTER TO GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL JUST SOUTH OF BEULAVILLE |
| Feb 24, 2:55 PM EST | HAIL 1 | Beulaville, NC | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN BEULAVILLE. |
| Feb 24, 2:57 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Pink Hill, NC | *** 1 INJ *** DUPLIN CO EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED MAJOR MOBILE HOME DAMAGE WITH 1 VEHICLE TOTALED AND 1 INJURY. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:19 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 67 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 399 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
871
WUUS52 KMHX 241938
SVRMHX
NCC061-242015-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0002.120224T1938Z-120224T2015Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
238 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 315 PM EST
* AT 233 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF ROSE HILL...OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 58 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENEVERS...
BEULAVILLE...LYMAN...
POTTERS HILL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS CAN BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND DAMAGE
MOBILE HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AS FLYING DEBRIS
GENERATED BY DAMAGING WINDS CAN BE DEADLY.
PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3493 7815 3516 7784 3495 7771
3473 7772 3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803
3472 7811 3471 7814 3472 7816 3478 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 247DEG 58KT 3483 7807
$$
292 follow-up statements
480
WWUS52 KMHX 241958
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
258 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCC061-242015-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T2015Z/
DUPLIN NC-
258 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EST
FOR DUPLIN COUNTY...
AT 252 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BEULAVILLE...OR 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ALBERTSON.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3493 7815 3516 7784 3495 7771
3473 7772 3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803
3472 7811 3471 7814 3472 7816 3478 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 247DEG 44KT 3493 7777
$$
29293
WWUS52 KMHX 242014
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
314 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
NCC061-242024-
/O.EXP.KMHX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120224T2015Z/
DUPLIN NC-
314 PM EST FRI FEB 24 2012
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR DUPLIN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 315
PM EST...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
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.
WHILE THE IMMEDIATE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DISSIPATED...ADDITIONAL
SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE PREPARED TO
MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS
ISSUED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3493 7815 3516 7784 3495 7771
3473 7772 3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803
3472 7811 3471 7814 3472 7816 3478 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 247DEG 44KT 3501 7754
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 64 min |
| Feb 24, 2:28 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 62 min |
| Feb 24, 2:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 49 min |
| Feb 24, 3:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 48 min |
| Feb 24, 3:49 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:21 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Feb 24, 4:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 4:53 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 37 min | |
| Feb 24, 6:02 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 43 min |
| Feb 24, 6:25 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones, Lenoir | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.