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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 9, 2014, 12:09 AM EDT for Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- Sep 9, 2014, 12:09 AM EDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2014, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
047
WFUS52 KMHX 090409
TORMHX
NCC055-095-090445-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0021.140909T0409Z-140909T0445Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1209 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
MAINLAND DARE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ENGELHARD...
* UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
* AT 1206 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR
MIDDLETOWN...OR NEAR ENGELHARD...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAKE
LANDING
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 3559 7578 3558 7576 3556 7585 3561 7588
3557 7588 3551 7597 3549 7596 3547 7599
3541 7601 3540 7603 3542 7604 3539 7607
3537 7606 3537 7610 3566 7605 3566 7602
3571 7598 3571 7584 3568 7575 3563 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0409Z 191DEG 23KT 3544 7599
$$1 follow-up statement
889
WWUS52 KMHX 090428
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1228 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2014
NCC055-095-090445-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140909T0445Z/
MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-
1228 AM EDT TUE SEP 9 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR EASTERN
MAINLAND HYDE AND SOUTHERN MAINLAND DARE COUNTIES...
AT 1224 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ENGELHARD...MOVING
NORTH AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... NEBRASKA...MIDDLETOWN.
THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.
LAT...LON 3559 7578 3558 7576 3556 7585 3561 7588
3557 7588 3551 7597 3549 7596 3547 7599
3541 7601 3543 7607 3566 7605 3566 7602
3571 7598 3571 7584 3568 7575 3563 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 0426Z 201DEG 14KT 3551 7598
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 12 min |
| Sep 8, 8:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 59 min |
| Sep 8, 9:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir | 54 min |
| Sep 8, 9:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 3:24 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 16 hr | |
| Sep 9, 11:25 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Sep 9, 4:20 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 52 hr |
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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.