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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 2015, 7:53 PM EDT for Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 3, 2015, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Beaufort County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
163
WFUS52 KMHX 032353
TORMHX
NCC013-040030-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.150603T2353Z-150604T0030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
753 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT
* AT 753 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...OR 7 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...AND
MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON AND GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK.
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 3568 7670 3546 7673 3545 7682 3550 7681
3545 7683 3545 7685 3547 7692 3544 7692
3544 7695 3545 7693 3548 7693 3548 7697
3565 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 173DEG 6KT 3553 7685
$$
CGG/JBM1 follow-up statement
726
WWUS52 KMHX 040009
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
809 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015
NCC013-040030-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150604T0030Z/
BEAUFORT NC-
809 PM EDT WED JUN 3 2015
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY...
AT 809 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GOOSE
CREEK STATE PARK...OR 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING NORTH
AT 5 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON AND GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3568 7670 3546 7673 3545 7682 3550 7681
3545 7683 3545 7685 3547 7692 3544 7692
3544 7695 3545 7693 3548 7693 3548 7697
3565 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 173DEG 6KT 3556 7685
$$
CGGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 8:10 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 50 min | |
| Jun 3, 9:30 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 9:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 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.