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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 3, 2015Beaufort County, North Carolina

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2015-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 93 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 2015-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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/JBM
1 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 

$$

CGG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX50 min
Jun 3, 9:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare30 min
Jun 3, 9:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX40 min

Nearby

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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.