Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 16, 2016, 8:43 AM EST for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2016, 8:43 AM EST (13:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2016, 8:57 AM EST
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Carteret County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:46 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 8:51 AM EST | TORNADO | 3 N Davis, NC | TORNADO ON THE GROND IN OPEN GROUNDS FARM REPORTED BY PUBLIC |
| Feb 16, 8:55 AM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 7 N Davis, NC | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. OPEN GROUNDS FARM REPORTS 5 POWER POLES DAMAGED 1 MILE NORTH OF NELSON BAY ROAD ON EASTERN END OF FARM. NWS STORM SURVEY TEAM HAS CONFIRMED DAMAGE. TIME APPROXIMATE. |
| Feb 16, 8:58 AM EST | TORNADO | Stacy, NC | LAW ENFOREMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN STACY ALONG HIGHWAY 70 |
| Feb 16, 9:04 AM EST | TSTM WND GST 71 | 8 W Cedar Island, NC | PINEY ISLAND BOMBING RANGE ASOS WIND GUST TO 62 KNOTS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 420 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
314
WFUS52 KMHX 161343
TORMHX
NCC031-161415-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0001.160216T1343Z-160216T1415Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
843 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 915 AM EST
* AT 843 AM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
MILES NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT LIGHTHOUSE...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
MOREHEAD CITY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 85 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CEDAR ISLAND FERRY TERMINAL.
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 3473 7652 3473 7653 3470 7652 3473 7655
3468 7653 3470 7658 3508 7647 3508 7642
3492 7644 3498 7639 3496 7632 3504 7636
3500 7626 3501 7631 3497 7628 3500 7625
3468 7648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1343Z 195DEG 72KT 3477 7646
$$
TL1 follow-up statement
351
WWUS52 KMHX 161357
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
857 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
NCC031-161406-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160216T1415Z/
CARTERET NC-
857 AM EST TUE FEB 16 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN CARTERET COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS
AND EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3473 7652 3473 7653 3470 7652 3473 7655
3468 7653 3470 7658 3508 7647 3508 7642
3492 7644 3498 7639 3496 7632 3504 7636
3500 7626 3501 7631 3497 7628 3500 7625
3468 7648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1355Z 195DEG 72KT 3503 7637
$$
TLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:50 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 7:30 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 45 min |
| Feb 16, 8:04 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Martin, Pitt | 41 min |
| Feb 16, 8:13 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Feb 16, 8:29 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 31 min |
| Feb 16, 9:08 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Feb 16, 9:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 9:26 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 64 min |
| Feb 16, 9:30 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Feb 16, 9:32 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.