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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 21, 2015Beaufort County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 21, 2015, 4:37 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
May 21, 2015, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
May 21, 2015, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 21, 12:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 301 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
301 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
535 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

052 
WFUS52 KMHX 212037
TORMHX
NCC013-095-212115-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.150521T2037Z-150521T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
437 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT  HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 515 PM EDT
    
* AT 436 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
  OVER GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...OR 7 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...AND
  MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BELHAVEN...GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL AND
  PANTEGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3541 7646 3540 7663 3543 7667 3539 7679
      3540 7679 3543 7677 3543 7678 3539 7681
      3544 7678 3550 7681 3545 7683 3544 7691
      3539 7682 3538 7694 3544 7696 3546 7690
      3548 7697 3556 7699 3569 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 256DEG 24KT 3549 7687 

$$

AUSTIN
1 follow-up statement
906 
WWUS52 KMHX 212055
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
455 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2015

NCC013-095-212115-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150521T2115Z/
MAINLAND HYDE NC-BEAUFORT NC-
455 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2015

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE AND CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTIES...
    
AT 454 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR 
BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL...OR 13 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING 
EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELHAVEN...GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL AND
PANTEGO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.

&&

LAT...LON 3541 7646 3540 7663 3543 7667 3539 7679
      3540 7679 3543 7677 3543 7678 3539 7681
      3544 7678 3550 7681 3545 7683 3544 7691
      3539 7682 3538 7694 3544 7696 3546 7690
      3548 7697 3556 7699 3569 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 257DEG 21KT 3551 7675 

$$

AUSTIN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 21, 4:01 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX31 hr
May 21, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene, Pitt48 min
May 21, 3:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin32 min
May 21, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXMartin35 min
May 21, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin39 min
May 21, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin25 min
May 21, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX64 min
May 21, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven40 min
May 21, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington53 min
May 21, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow63 min
May 21, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico, Pitt48 min
May 21, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde, Tyrrell54 min
May 21, 5:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow34 min
May 21, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX28 min
May 21, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico27 min
May 21, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare22 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.