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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 26, 2012Carteret County, Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Dec 26, 2012, 12:20 PM EST for Carteret County, Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report 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
Dec 26, 2012, 12:20 PM EST (17:20 UTC)
Expired
Dec 26, 2012, 1:00 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carteret County, NC, Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 26, 12:39 PM ESTMARINE TSTM WIND 441 Ene Chadwick Acres, NCPUBLIC REPORTED A 38 KNOT MARINE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST IN SNEADS FERRY.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Dec 26, 10:08 AM ESTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 33 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 540 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
540 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
770 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

851 
WFUS52 KMHX 261720
TORMHX
NCC031-103-133-261800-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0016.121226T1720Z-121226T1800Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1220 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  EASTERN ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 100 PM EST

* AT 1217 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO 6 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  60 MPH. DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE ALSO
  LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SNEADS FERRY...
  MARINES...DUCK CREEK...
  MIDWAY PARK...CAMP LEJEUNE MAIN GATE...
  HUBERT...BEAR CREEK...
  SILVERDALE...KUHNS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS
AVAILABLE LIE DOWN IN A LOW LYING AREA. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING
DEBRIS.

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. DO
NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

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 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3448 7758 3452 7760 3493 7726 3485 7711
      3483 7711 3484 7708 3482 7705 3482 7706
      3480 7709 3481 7702 3479 7699 3463 7713
      3460 7721 3453 7731 3443 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1721Z 213DEG 52KT 3443 7746

$$

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1 follow-up statement
367 
WWUS52 KMHX 261748
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1248 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

NCC031-103-133-261800-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-121226T1800Z/
CARTERET NC-JONES NC-ONSLOW NC-
1248 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM EST FOR EAST
CENTRAL ONSLOW...SOUTHEASTERN JONES AND SOUTHWESTERN CARTERET
COUNTIES...

AT 1245 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HUBERT...OR 6
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PINEY GREEN...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... SILVERDALE...KUHNS AND 
DEPPE AND HUBERT.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EST WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3463 7735 3465 7735 3467 7737 3463 7737
      3464 7741 3468 7738 3491 7727 3488 7716
      3485 7711 3483 7711 3483 7708 3480 7709
      3480 7707 3471 7706 3460 7721
TIME...MOT...LOC 1748Z 198DEG 21KT 3470 7726

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 9:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare27 min
Dec 26, 10:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare27 min
Dec 26, 11:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX25 min
Dec 26, 11:11 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXJones, Onslow49 min
Dec 26, 11:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde46 min
Dec 26, 11:27 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX33 min
Dec 26, 12:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX20 min
Dec 26, 12:14 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX31 min
Dec 26, 1:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven43 min
Dec 26, 1:06 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX24 min
Dec 26, 1:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Craven51 min
Dec 26, 1:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret48 min
Dec 26, 1:35 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX25 min
Dec 26, 1:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret31 min
Dec 26, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Dec 26, 1:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell38 min
Dec 26, 2:18 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX27 min
Dec 26, 2:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Martin, Pitt65 min
Dec 26, 2:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret, Pamlico63 min
Dec 26, 2:52 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXCarteret, Craven23 min
Dec 26, 3:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare48 min
Dec 26, 3:48 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX31 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.