Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2015
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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.
- 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
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
$$
AUSTIN1 follow-up statement
906
WWUS52 KMHX 212055
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
455 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2015
NCC013-095-212115-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150521T2115Z/
MAINLAND HYDE NC-BEAUFORT NC-
455 PM EDT THU MAY 21 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE AND CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTIES...
AT 454 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL...OR 13 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELHAVEN...GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL AND
PANTEGO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3541 7646 3540 7663 3543 7667 3539 7679
3540 7679 3543 7677 3543 7678 3539 7681
3544 7678 3550 7681 3545 7683 3544 7691
3539 7682 3538 7694 3544 7696 3546 7690
3548 7697 3556 7699 3569 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 257DEG 21KT 3551 7675
$$
AUSTINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:01 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 31 hr | |
| May 21, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 48 min |
| May 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 32 min |
| May 21, 3:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 35 min |
| May 21, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 39 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 25 min |
| May 21, 4:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| May 21, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 53 min |
| May 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 63 min |
| May 21, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico, Pitt | 48 min |
| May 21, 5:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 54 min |
| May 21, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 34 min |
| May 21, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 28 min | |
| May 21, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 27 min |
| May 21, 6:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 22 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.