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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 2012, 8:42 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 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
- Aug 24, 2012, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 18 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carteret County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 952 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
435
WFUS52 KMHX 250042
TORMHX
NCC031-250100-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0009.120825T0042Z-120825T0100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
842 PM EDT FRI AUG 24 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 840 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
TORNADO OVER CAPE LOOKOUT LIGHTHOUSE...OR 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BEAUFORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
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 3462 7656 3467 7652 3467 7651 3468 7651
3469 7650 3468 7648 3467 7648 3460 7652
3458 7652 3458 7654
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 298DEG 9KT 3463 7651
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 min | |
| Aug 24, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| Aug 24, 8:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 min | |
| Aug 24, 9:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Aug 24, 9:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret, Hyde | 53 min |
| Aug 24, 10:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Aug 24, 10:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 28 min |
| Aug 24, 11:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Aug 24, 11:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 29 min |
| Aug 24, 11:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 12:35 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 55 min |
| Aug 25, 2:21 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 54 min |
| Aug 25, 3:18 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 4:15 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 7:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 31 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.