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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 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
- Jul 10, 2012, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2012, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 5:40 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 Ene Mount Pleasant, NC | MOTORIST REPORTED A TORNADO WHILE RIDING DOWN HWY-264 MOVING TOWARD THE PAMLICO SOUND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 554 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 977 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
793
WFUS52 KMHX 102131
TORMHX
NCC095-102145-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0004.120710T2131Z-120710T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
531 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 545 PM EDT
* AT 528 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER GULL ROCK...OR 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ENGELHARD...MOVING
EAST AT 10 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MIDDLETOWN...ENGELHARD...
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 3551 7596 3549 7595 3548 7599 3541 7601
3541 7606 3536 7606 3536 7609 3535 7611
3535 7613 3534 7613 3533 7615 3534 7617
3551 7619 3554 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 267DEG 9KT 3543 7607
$$
111 follow-up statement
830
WWUS52 KMHX 102139
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
539 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012
NCC095-102149-
/O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120710T2145Z/
MAINLAND HYDE NC-
539 PM EDT TUE JUL 10 2012
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY EXPIRES
AT 545 PM EDT...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND THE WARNING
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.
LAT...LON 3551 7596 3549 7595 3548 7599 3541 7601
3541 7606 3536 7606 3536 7609 3535 7611
3535 7613 3534 7613 3533 7615 3534 7617
3551 7619 3554 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 267DEG 9KT 3543 7605
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 8:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 min | |
| Jul 9, 8:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Jul 10, 10:20 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Currituck | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 27 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Pitt | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 5:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 29 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 28 min | |
| Jul 10, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min | |
| Jul 10, 6:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir and 2 more | 82 min |
| Jul 10, 6:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir and 2 more | 75 min |
| Jul 10, 7:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Jul 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 88 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.