Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Aug 19, 2012, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Dare County, NC

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WFUS52 KMHX 191811
TORMHX
NCC055-191845-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0007.120819T1811Z-120819T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
211 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL OUTER BANKS DARE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH
  CAROLINA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 209 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO OVER RODANTHE...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANNS HARBOR...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN
  EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE ALSO LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RODANTHE
  RURAL EASTERN OUTER BANKS DARE COUNTY

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

&&

LAT...LON 3558 7547 3558 7548 3562 7548 3564 7549
      3566 7549 3567 7551 3569 7550 3570 7548
      3560 7545 3559 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 242DEG 8KT 3562 7550

$$

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516 
WWUS52 KMHX 191842
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
242 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NCC055-191852-
/O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120819T1845Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE NC-
242 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL OUTER BANKS DARE 
COUNTY EXPIRES AT 245 PM EDT...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT SUNDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3558 7547 3558 7548 3562 7548 3564 7549
      3566 7549 3567 7551 3569 7550 3570 7548
      3560 7545 3559 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 242DEG 8KT 3565 7543

$$

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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.