Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 9, 2012, 6:19 PM EDT for Jones County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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
- May 9, 2012, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2012, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 598 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
747
WFUS52 KMHX 092219
TORMHX
NCC103-107-092245-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0001.120509T2219Z-120509T2245Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
619 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WEST CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 645 PM EDT
* AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER TAYLORS CORNER...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALF MOON...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TAYLORS CORNER...
PLEASANT HILL...
COMFORT...
PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS NOW AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. MANY
LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY
WINDS.
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 3521 7761 3502 7738 3496 7749 3497 7750
3498 7761 3497 7768 3500 7773 3502 7775
3506 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 225DEG 22KT 3501 7762
$$
21 follow-up statement
338
WWUS52 KMHX 092234
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
634 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2012
NCC103-107-092245-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120509T2245Z/
LENOIR NC-JONES NC-
634 PM EDT WED MAY 9 2012
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL JONES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR COUNTIES...
AT 634 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR PLEASANT HILL...OR
14 MILES SOUTH OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... WOODINGTON.
HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
LAT...LON 3498 7748 3503 7760 3511 7771 3521 7761
3502 7738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 225DEG 22KT 3508 7753
$$
2The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 51 min |
| May 9, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 50 min |
| May 9, 7:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 47 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.