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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 7, 20144 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 7, 2014, 3:42 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 33 min. 7 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 7, 2014, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2014, 4:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 7, 3:49 PM EDT	TORNADO	Belhaven, NC	SEVERAL REPORTS OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND
Apr 7, 3:50 PM EDT	TORNADO	Belhaven, NC	MULTIPLE TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN BELHAVEN AND PANTEGO.
Apr 7, 3:53 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Se Pantego, NC	REPORTS OF ROOF GONE FROM HOMES... NUMEROUS TREES DOWN SNAPPED AND DAMAGED STRUCTURE. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 7, 3:55 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 E Belhaven, NC	JUST NORTH OF HWY 264
Apr 7, 3:55 PM EDT	TORNADO	1 Se Pantego, NC	* 2 INJ * NUMEROUS TREES SNAPPED IN HALF... DAMAGED STRUCTURES AND PICKUP TRUCK WAS EITHER ROLLED OR TOSSED INTO A FIELD. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Apr 7, 4:05 PM EDT	TORNADO	Ponzer, NC	US FISH AND WILDLIFE SIGHTED TORNADO ON THE GROUND.
Apr 7, 4:08 PM EDT	TORNADO	Ponzer, NC	REPORT OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND.

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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 252 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.7

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The text

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

996 
WFUS52 KMHX 071942
TORMHX
NCC013-095-177-187-072015-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0001.140407T1942Z-140407T2015Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
342 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  TYRRELL COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 415 PM EDT

* AT 340 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
  YEATESVILLE...OR 15 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  40 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PUNGO BY 350 PM EDT...
  PIKE ROAD...6 MILES NORTHWEST OF LEECHVILLE AND 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF WENONA BY 355 PM EDT...
  PONZER BY 400 PM EDT...
  PUNGO LAKE BY 405 PM EDT...
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTER OF PHELPS LAKE BY 410 PM EDT...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALLIGATOR LAKE BY 415 PM EDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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 3574 7634 3556 7629 3553 7647 3554 7648
      3552 7652 3553 7657 3551 7656 3550 7659
      3553 7657 3553 7660 3553 7662 3550 7662
      3547 7678 3561 7685 3581 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 239DEG 34KT 3557 7671

$$

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2 follow-up statements

968 
WWUS52 KMHX 071954
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
354 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

NCC013-095-177-187-072015-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140407T2015Z/
BEAUFORT NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-WASHINGTON NC-TYRRELL NC-
354 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN TYRRELL...SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN
MAINLAND HYDE AND NORTHEASTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES...

AT 349 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR 
BELHAVEN. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  PONZER AND LEECHVILLE BY 400 PM EDT
  6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUNGO LAKE AND 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CENTER OF
  PHELPS LAKE BY 410 PM EDT
  ALLIGATOR LAKE BY 415 PM EDT

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.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.

LAT...LON 3574 7634 3556 7629 3553 7647 3554 7648
      3552 7652 3553 7657 3551 7656 3550 7659
      3553 7657 3553 7660 3553 7662 3550 7662
      3547 7678 3561 7685 3581 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 239DEG 34KT 3557 7661

$$

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369 
WWUS52 KMHX 072014
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
414 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

NCC013-095-177-187-072024-
/O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-140407T2015Z/
BEAUFORT NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-WASHINGTON NC-TYRRELL NC-
414 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN TYRRELL...SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE AND NORTHEASTERN BEAUFORT
COUNTIES EXPIRES AT 415 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.

LAT...LON 3574 7634 3556 7629 3553 7647 3554 7648
      3552 7652 3553 7657 3551 7656 3550 7659
      3553 7657 3553 7660 3553 7662 3550 7662
      3547 7678 3561 7685 3581 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 239DEG 34KT 3567 7640

$$

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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 7, 10:03 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		42 min
Apr 7, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	47 min
Apr 7, 3:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Washington	52 min
Apr 7, 4:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	42 min
Apr 7, 4:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	38 min
Apr 7, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		35 min
Apr 7, 4:30 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell	45 min
Apr 7, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		29 min

Nearby

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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.