Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 18, 2012, 5:11 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 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, 5:11 PM EDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2012, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
553
WFUS52 KMHX 182111
TORMHX
NCC013-049-182145-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0014.120918T2111Z-120918T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
511 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 508 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER CAYTON...OR 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDWARD...COX CROSSROADS...
BONNERTON...AURORA...
CORE POINT...
BAYVIEW...SOUTH CREEK...
RANSOMVILLE...SIDNEY CROSSROADS...
WINSTEADVILLE...
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 3553 7661 3551 7662 3538 7657 3542 7674
3538 7675 3535 7665 3537 7664 3536 7664
3535 7663 3522 7685 3525 7689 3523 7693
3514 7699 3528 7712 3544 7690 3539 7675
3541 7675 3546 7687 3560 7667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 232DEG 34KT 3527 7696
$$
111 follow-up statement
537
WWUS52 KMHX 182130
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
530 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
NCC013-049-182140-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120918T2145Z/
BEAUFORT NC-CRAVEN NC-
530 PM EDT TUE SEP 18 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CRAVEN AND SOUTHEASTERN
BEAUFORT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3553 7661 3551 7662 3538 7657 3542 7674
3538 7675 3535 7665 3537 7664 3536 7664
3535 7663 3522 7685 3525 7689 3523 7693
3514 7699 3528 7712 3544 7690 3539 7675
3541 7675 3546 7687 3560 7667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 232DEG 34KT 3538 7679
$$
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, 4:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven | 32 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.