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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2012, 4:58 PM EDT for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 18, 2012, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Craven County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 1:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 50 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.
140
WFUS52 KMHX 182058
TORMHX
NCC049-182130-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.120918T2058Z-120918T2130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
458 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT
* AT 454 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER LIMA...OR 6 MILES NORTH OF NEW BERN...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SPRING HOPE...
CAYTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3523 7724 3535 7706 3530 7696 3525 7690
3523 7691 3522 7695 3522 7694 3520 7697
3516 7697 3515 7698 3509 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 232DEG 29KT 3522 7708
$$
111 follow-up statement
809
WWUS52 KMHX 182124
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
524 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
NCC049-182134-
/O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120918T2130Z/
CRAVEN NC-
524 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTY EXPIRES AT 530 PM
EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND
THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3523 7724 3535 7706 3530 7696 3525 7690
3523 7691 3522 7695 3522 7694 3520 7697
3516 7697 3515 7698 3509 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 2124Z 232DEG 29KT 3535 7688
$$
11The 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, 4:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones | 18 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.