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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 9, 2014Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2014-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1144 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 00:00Z on 2014-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 8, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Jones, Pamlico12 min
Sep 8, 8:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret, Pamlico59 min
Sep 8, 9:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Greene, Lenoir54 min
Sep 8, 9:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Craven, Pamlico3 hr
Sep 9, 3:24 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX16 hr
Sep 9, 11:25 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHX9 hr
Sep 9, 4:20 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHX52 hr

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.