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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 29, 2014Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 29, 2014, 6:09 PM EDT for Martin County, Pitt 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: Apr 29, 2014, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2014, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 29, 2:27 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 132 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.

801 
WFUS52 KMHX 292209
TORMHX
NCC117-147-292245-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0009.140429T2209Z-140429T2245Z/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 605 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BETHEL...OR
  8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TARBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  BETHEL...PARMELE...ROBERSONVILLE...GOLD POINT...HASSELL...OAK CITY
  AND HAMILTON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
STURDY SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST
DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3606 7732 3601 7720 3593 7719 3594 7716
      3594 7713 3593 7712 3594 7707 3565 7742
      3576 7753 3580 7747 3581 7743 3583 7741
      3583 7735 3591 7735 3600 7741 3608 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2209Z 228DEG 27KT 3585 7743

$$

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1 follow-up statement

945 
WWUS52 KMHX 292219
SVSMHX

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

NCC117-147-292245-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140429T2245Z/
PITT NC-MARTIN NC-
619 PM EDT TUE APR 29 2014

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MARTIN AND NORTH CENTRAL PITT COUNTIES...

AT 615 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BETHEL...OR 9
MILES EAST OF TARBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
A TORNADO.
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
OTHER DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... ROBERSONVILLE...
HASSELL...GOLD POINT...OAK CITY AND HAMILTON.

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 3606 7732 3601 7720 3593 7719 3594 7716
      3594 7713 3593 7712 3594 7707 3571 7734
      3568 7738 3580 7747 3581 7743 3583 7741
      3583 7735 3591 7735 3600 7741 3601 7740
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 233DEG 28KT 3590 7736

$$

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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, 2:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pitt	31 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, 6:45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.