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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 2016, 9:29 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 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
- Sep 2, 2016, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 2016, 9:43 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Carteret County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- 18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 512 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 335 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 643 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
393
WFUS52 KMHX 030129
TORMHX
NCC031-030200-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0010.160903T0129Z-160903T0200Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
929 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
* AT 929 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF MICHAEL J SMITH AIRPORT...OR
13 MILES EAST OF MOREHEAD CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
* THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN CARTERET COUNTY.
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 OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF WIND AND/OR HAIL DAMAGE...INCLUDING
TREES OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT AT 1-800-889-6889.
&&
LAT...LON 3475 7646 3476 7655 3498 7657 3496 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 184DEG 24KT 3478 7650
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DAG2 follow-up statements
526
WWUS52 KMHX 030136
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
936 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
NCC031-030200-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160903T0200Z/
CARTERET NC-
936 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
CARTERET COUNTY...
AT 936 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF MICHAEL J SMITH AIRPORT...OR 15
MILES NORTHEAST OF MOREHEAD CITY...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
EASTERN CARTERET COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN
A MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
TORNADOES ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SEE AND CONFIRM AT NIGHT. DO NOT
WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW!
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...CALL THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT AT 1-800-889-
6889. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3480 7645 3481 7654 3498 7657 3496 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0136Z 186DEG 31KT 3484 7649
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DAG864
WWUS52 KMHX 030143
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
943 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
NCC031-030153-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0010.000000T0000Z-160903T0200Z/
CARTERET NC-
943 PM EDT FRI SEP 2 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL CARTERET COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
NEWPORT.
LAT...LON 3480 7645 3481 7654 3498 7657 3496 7638
TIME...MOT...LOC 0141Z 184DEG 24KT 3489 7649
$$
DAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 92 min |
| Sep 2, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 18 min | |
| Sep 2, 9:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 119 min |
| Sep 2, 9:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 9:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 9:58 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret | 92 min |
| Sep 2, 10:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 26 min | |
| Sep 2, 10:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington | 115 min |
| Sep 2, 10:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 10:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Sep 2, 11:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 116 min |
| Sep 3, 12:18 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell and 1 more | 117 min |
| Sep 3, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 92 min |
| Sep 3, 12:52 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 23 min |
| Sep 3, 12:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 24 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:01 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Jones | 24 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:16 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 16 min |
| Sep 3, 1:21 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Sep 3, 2:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 116 min |
| Sep 3, 3:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 24 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 28 hr |
| Sep 3, 7:49 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Sep 3, 10:28 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin | 60 hr |
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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.