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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 29, 20144 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2014, 2:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. 4 reports 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: Apr 29, 2014, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pitt County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 29, 2:10 PM EDT	HAIL 1.75	2 Ssw Cove City, NC
Apr 29, 2:20 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Ssw Cove City, NC	FUNNEL CLOUD IS LOWERING BETWEEN HWY-70 AND COVE CITY
Apr 29, 2:25 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Sw Cove City, NC	TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN FIELD BETWEEN HWY-70 AND COVE CITY
Apr 29, 2:26 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Cove City, NC	TORNADO OBSERVED WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON HWY-70

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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 66 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

086 
WUUS52 KMHX 291803
SVRMHX
NCC049-103-107-147-291845-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0021.140429T1803Z-140429T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
203 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  EAST CENTRAL LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 202 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...OR 14 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. QUARTER SIZED
  HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DOVER...
  COVE CITY...
  FORT BARNWELL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL CAPABLE OF BREAKING WINDOWS...
DAMAGING ROOFS AND DENTING VEHICLES. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY

&&

LAT...LON 3542 7731 3527 7708 3500 7739 3512 7756
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 219DEG 12KT 3513 7740

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	50 min
Apr 29, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare, Tyrrell	55 min
Apr 29, 12:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	37 min
Apr 29, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 min
Apr 29, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones	56 min
Apr 29, 2:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pitt	31 min
Apr 29, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	58 min
Apr 29, 3:22 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX		25 hr
Apr 29, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	59 min
Apr 29, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	43 min
Apr 29, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt	51 min
Apr 29, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	36 min
Apr 29, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Martin, Pitt, Washington	60 min
Apr 29, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt	42 min
Apr 29, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Greene, Pitt	83 min
Apr 29, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	47 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.