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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 29, 20144 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 2:14 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 3 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 29, 2014, 2:14 PM EDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 2:45 PM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Pitt County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 29, 2:20 PM EDT	FUNNEL CLOUD	1 Ssw Cove City, NC	FUNNEL CLOUD IS LOWERING BETWEEN HWY-70 AND COVE CITY
Apr 29, 2:25 PM EDT	TORNADO	2 Sw Cove City, NC	TORNADO BRIEFLY TOUCHED DOWN IN FIELD BETWEEN HWY-70 AND COVE CITY
Apr 29, 2:26 PM EDT	TORNADO	3 Sw Cove City, NC	TORNADO OBSERVED WHILE DRIVING SOUTH ON HWY-70

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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 1802 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

272 
WFUS52 KMHX 291814
TORMHX
NCC013-049-103-147-291845-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0008.140429T1814Z-140429T1845Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
214 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 245 PM EDT

* AT 211 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR COVE
  CITY...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
  MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  TUSCARORA...FORT BARNWELL...JASPER...LIMA...HONOLULU...WILMAR...
  ERNUL AND VANCEBORO

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 3548 7719 3531 7696 3502 7734 3514 7751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 223DEG 17KT 3515 7735

$$

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1 follow-up statement

367 
WWUS52 KMHX 291829
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
229 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

NCC103-291838-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140429T1845Z/
JONES NC-
229 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND 
THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3548 7719 3531 7696 3510 7723 3517 7737
      3521 7744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 223DEG 17KT 3520 7729

$$

NCC013-049-147-291845-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140429T1845Z/
PITT NC-CRAVEN NC-BEAUFORT NC-
229 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL BEAUFORT...NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN AND SOUTHEASTERN PITT
COUNTIES...

AT 226 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR COVE CITY...OR 14
MILES WEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... TUSCARORA...FORT
BARNWELL...JASPER...LIMA...HONOLULU...RIVERSIDE...WILMAR...ERNUL AND
VANCEBORO.

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT TUESDAY EVENING
FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3548 7719 3531 7696 3510 7723 3517 7737
      3521 7744
TIME...MOT...LOC 1828Z 223DEG 17KT 3520 7729

$$

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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 28, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	50 min
Apr 29, 12:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare, Tyrrell	55 min
Apr 29, 12:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	37 min
Apr 29, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 min
Apr 29, 1:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones	56 min
Apr 29, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt	42 min
Apr 29, 2:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	58 min
Apr 29, 3:22 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX		25 hr
Apr 29, 5:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	59 min
Apr 29, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	43 min
Apr 29, 5:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt	51 min
Apr 29, 6:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	36 min
Apr 29, 6:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Martin, Pitt, Washington	60 min
Apr 29, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt	42 min
Apr 29, 7:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Greene, Pitt	83 min
Apr 29, 7:43 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.