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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 30, 2012Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 30, 2012, 11:13 AM EDT for Jones 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
May 30, 2012, 11:13 AM EDT (15:13 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2012, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jones County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 2012-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1043 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1043 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

852 
WFUS52 KMHX 301513
TORMHX
NCC103-301545-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.120530T1513Z-120530T1545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1113 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1145 AM EDT

* AT 1108 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER MAYSVILLE...OR 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF PINEY GREEN...
  MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POLLOCKSVILLE...
  TRENTON...

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 3482 7719 3483 7718 3484 7720 3489 7722
      3493 7727 3494 7734 3491 7737 3495 7747
      3497 7750 3504 7753 3516 7734 3494 7710
      3485 7711 3480 7719
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 144DEG 19KT 3492 7721

$$
1 follow-up statement
638 
WWUS52 KMHX 301529
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1129 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

NCC103-301545-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120530T1545Z/
JONES NC-
1129 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 AM EDT FOR JONES
COUNTY...

AT 1125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR POLLOCKSVILLE...OR
13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...
COMFORT AND TRENTON.

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.

LAT...LON 3482 7719 3483 7718 3484 7720 3489 7722
      3493 7727 3494 7734 3491 7737 3495 7747
      3497 7750 3504 7753 3516 7734 3494 7710
      3485 7711 3480 7719
TIME...MOT...LOC 1529Z 149DEG 19KT 3500 7724

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:47 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow88 min
May 30, 8:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX112 min
May 30, 8:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones and 4 more119 min
May 30, 9:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow3 hr
May 30, 10:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 4 more115 min
May 30, 11:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX36 min
May 30, 11:57 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 2 more3 hr
May 30, 12:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCraven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more3 hr
May 30, 1:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington3 hr
May 30, 1:20 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt3 hr
May 30, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX35 min
May 30, 2:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX2 hr
May 30, 2:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare87 min
May 30, 3:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell85 min
May 30, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX80 min
May 30, 4:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde61 min
May 30, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX84 min
May 30, 5:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell92 min
May 30, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare54 min
May 30, 5:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington6 hr
May 30, 6:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare44 min
May 30, 6:27 PM EDTGale WarningMHX3 hr
May 30, 6:42 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMHX3 hr
May 30, 6:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare3 hr

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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.