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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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.
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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 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.
- 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
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
$$
29The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 1:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 2:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 67 min |
| Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt, Washington | 33 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.