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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2012, 4:24 PM EDT for Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 min. 2 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
- Sep 18, 2012, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 4:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Jones County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 4:24 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wnw Trenton, NC | JONES COUNTY 911 RELAYED REPORT OF LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON WHITAKER ROAD NEAR HWY 58. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Sep 18, 4:24 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Nne Comfort, NC | AN NWS DAMAGE SURVEY HAS CONCLUDED THAT A EF-0 TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN THREE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. THE FIRST TOUCH DOWN WAS TRACKED FOR 0.15 MILES AND WAS 100 YARDS WIDE. IT DOWNED A TREE ALONG HWY-41... DESTROYED A GREENHOUSE AND DAMAGED A SHED AND OUT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 176 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
582 WFUS52 KMHX 182024 TORMHX NCC103-182100- /O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0011.120918T2024Z-120918T2100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 424 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 422 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO OVER PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...OR 17 MILES NORTH OF HALF MOON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. QUARTER SIZE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF CAUGHT IN A VEHICLE...AS A LAST RESORT...EITHER PARK YOUR VEHICLE AND STAY PUT LEAVING YOUR SEAT BELT ON...OR ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE AND LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT TAKE SHELTER UNDER HIGHWAY OVERPASSES. 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 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. && LAT...LON 3506 7755 3521 7743 3510 7723 3496 7737 TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 216DEG 37KT 3509 7739 $$ 11
1 follow-up statement
423 WWUS52 KMHX 182042 SVSMHX SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 442 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 NCC103-182052- /O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0011.000000T0000Z-120918T2100Z/ JONES NC- 442 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT. WHILE THE IMMEDIATE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS DISSIPATED...ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE QUICKLY TO AN INTERIOR ROOM OF A SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3506 7755 3521 7743 3510 7723 3496 7737 TIME...MOT...LOC 2042Z 216DEG 37KT 3524 7726 $$ DAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 58 min |
| Sep 18, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 12:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Washington | 67 min |
| Sep 18, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Sep 18, 1:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 61 min |
| Sep 18, 1:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico, Tyrrell | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 2:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Hyde, Pamlico | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Sep 18, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 57 min |
| Sep 18, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Sep 18, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Sep 18, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Sep 18, 4:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 4:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 32 min |
| Sep 18, 5:11 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 19 min |
| Sep 18, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min | |
| Sep 18, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 54 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.