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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 16, 2016Carteret County, North Carolina

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 16, 8:51 AM ESTTORNADO3 N Davis, NCTORNADO ON THE GROND IN OPEN GROUNDS FARM REPORTED BY PUBLIC
Feb 16, 8:55 AM ESTTSTM WND DMG7 N Davis, NCPOSSIBLE 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 ESTTORNADOStacy, NCLAW ENFOREMENT REPORTED A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN STACY ALONG HIGHWAY 70
Feb 16, 9:04 AM ESTTSTM WND GST 718 W Cedar Island, NCPINEY 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2016-02-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 168 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 2016-02-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 345 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 

$$

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1 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 

$$

TL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 6:50 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin40 min
Feb 16, 7:30 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow45 min
Feb 16, 8:04 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Martin, Pitt41 min
Feb 16, 8:13 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Feb 16, 8:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Craven31 min
Feb 16, 9:08 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Feb 16, 9:23 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Hyde67 min
Feb 16, 9:26 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell64 min
Feb 16, 9:30 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX30 min
Feb 16, 9:32 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX58 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.