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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 13, 2014Beaufort County, Hyde County, Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 13, 2014, 7:26 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Hyde County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 13, 2014, 7:26 PM EDT (23:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

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

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1034 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1034 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

220 
WFUS52 KMHX 132326
TORMHX
NCC013-095-187-140000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.140613T2326Z-140614T0000Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
726 PM EDT FRI JUN 13 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...
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 705 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER
  WASHINGTON. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE FUNNEL CLOUD IS NEAR
  SLATESTONE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  PINETOWN...TERRA CEIA...PANTEGO...WENONA...PUNGO LAKE...PUNGO AND
  PIKE ROAD

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3580 7664 3573 7653 3561 7648 3549 7690
      3562 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2324Z 237DEG 15KT 3559 7687

$$

29

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven57 min
Jun 13, 1:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico57 min
Jun 13, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort67 min
Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell58 min
Jun 13, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt45 min
Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort60 min
Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt, Washington33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.