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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 3, 2016Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Sep 3, 2016, 12:52 AM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 23 min. 2 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
Sep 3, 2016, 12:52 AM EDT (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Sep 3, 2016, 1:15 AM EDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Sep 3, 1:02 AM EDTTSTM WND DMGHatteras, NCHOUSE DESTROYED ON EAGLE PASS RD. DUE TO POSSIBLE TORNADO
Sep 3, 1:02 AM EDTTORNADOHatteras Village, NC*** 3 INJ *** TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN HATTERAS VILLAGE AND DAMAGED SEVERAL TRAVEL TRAILERS WITH 3 MINOR INJURIES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Sep 2, 3:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC11 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 00:00Z on 2016-09-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 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 00:00Z on 2016-09-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 335 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

614 
WFUS52 KMHX 030452
TORMHX
NCC055-030515-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0012.160903T0452Z-160903T0515Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1252 AM EDT SAT SEP 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL OUTER BANKS DARE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 115 AM EDT
    
* AT 1251 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR HATTERAS FERRY TERMINAL....MOVING
  NORTHWEST 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 DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HATTERAS FERRY TERMINAL AROUND 1255 AM EDT. 

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.

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 3513 7569 3540 7594 3541 7593 3539 7592
      3526 7580 3532 7561 3516 7554
TIME...MOT...LOC 0451Z 153DEG 25KT 3518 7568 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 8:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDuplin, Onslow92 min
Sep 2, 8:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX18 min
Sep 2, 9:01 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico119 min
Sep 2, 9:05 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret25 min
Sep 2, 9:29 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret14 min
Sep 2, 9:50 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret25 min
Sep 2, 9:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXCarteret92 min
Sep 2, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX26 min
Sep 2, 10:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell, Washington115 min
Sep 2, 10:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 3 more2 hr
Sep 2, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Sep 2, 11:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde116 min
Sep 3, 12:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell and 1 more117 min
Sep 3, 12:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde92 min
Sep 3, 12:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXCraven24 hr
Sep 3, 1:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXJones24 hr
Sep 3, 1:16 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare16 min
Sep 3, 1:21 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX39 min
Sep 3, 2:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington116 min
Sep 3, 3:25 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXBeaufort24 hr
Sep 3, 5:38 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXPitt28 hr
Sep 3, 7:49 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX4 days
Sep 3, 10:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXDuplin60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.