Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2012
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 14, 2012, 4:38 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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 14, 2012, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2012, 5:03 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 905 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
933
WFUS52 KMHX 142038
TORMHX
NCC061-142115-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.120514T2038Z-120514T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
438 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
* AT 433 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO 7 MILES WEST OF BOWDENS...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARSAW...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BOWDENS...FAISON...
CALYPSO...
BEAUTANCUS...
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.
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 3518 7817 3519 7815 3518 7807 3520 7804
3520 7802 3517 7797 3517 7792 3515 7790
3518 7784 3496 7774 3495 7816 3508 7816
3509 7818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 251DEG 14KT 3506 7821
$$
51 follow-up statement
171
WWUS52 KMHX 142103
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
503 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
NCC061-142113-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120514T2115Z/
DUPLIN NC-
503 PM EDT MON MAY 14 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING IS
NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
LAT...LON 3518 7817 3519 7815 3518 7807 3520 7804
3520 7802 3517 7797 3517 7792 3515 7790
3518 7784 3496 7774 3495 7816 3508 7816
3509 7818
TIME...MOT...LOC 2103Z 251DEG 14KT 3509 7813
$$
5The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 41 min |
| May 14, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 59 min |
| May 14, 6:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 60 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.