Tornado Warning 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Aug 19, 2012, 2:20 PM EDT (18:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2012, 2:45 PM EDT

In force

25 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

County Dare County, NC

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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223 
WFUS52 KMHX 191820
TORMHX
NCC055-191845-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0008.120819T1820Z-120819T1845Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 219 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A WATERSPOUT   7    
  MILES EAST 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...
  WHALEBONE...NAGS HEAD...

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 3583 7555 3582 7560 3584 7559 3584 7560
      3580 7563 3583 7568 3586 7567 3593 7573
      3594 7573 3594 7570 3590 7563 3591 7562
      3596 7565 3597 7568 3600 7565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 232DEG 8KT 3588 7564

$$

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269 
WWUS52 KMHX 191846
SVSMHX

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

NCC055-191856-
/O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120819T1845Z/
OUTER BANKS DARE NC-
246 PM EDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR 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 3583 7555 3582 7560 3584 7559 3584 7560
      3580 7563 3583 7568 3586 7567 3593 7573
      3594 7573 3594 7570 3590 7563 3591 7562
      3596 7565 3597 7568 3600 7565
TIME...MOT...LOC 1820Z 232DEG 8KT 3588 7564

$$

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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.