Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2016
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 11:43 AM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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
- Oct 8, 2016, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 2016, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Carteret County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 12:05 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Atlantic Beach, NC | SHERIFF CALLED TO REPORT FUNNEL CLOUD IN ATLANTIC BEACH |
| Oct 8, 12:05 PM EDT | FUNNEL CLOUD | Newport, NC | 911 CALL CENTER CALLED TO REPORT FUNNEL CLOUD |
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 7:20 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 9 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
- 206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 435 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
958
WFUS52 KMHX 081543
TORMHX
NCC031-081615-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0015.161008T1543Z-161008T1615Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1143 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 1215 PM EDT
* AT 1143 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CAPE LOOKOUT LIGHTHOUSE...
OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF HARKERS ISLAND...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 45 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...
FORT MACON STATE PARK AROUND 1155 AM EDT.
OCEANA PIER AROUND 1200 PM EDT.
MOREHEAD CITY AND PINE KNOLL SHORES AROUND 1205 PM EDT.
NEWPORT AROUND 1210 PM EDT.
HAVELOCK AROUND 1215 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE INDIAN
BEACH.
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 3439 7663 3444 7671 3447 7676 3448 7679
3473 7712 3481 7703 3481 7696 3483 7696
3484 7688 3489 7692 3490 7692 3491 7691
3489 7691 3485 7688 3485 7682 3453 7648
TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 134DEG 41KT 3453 7664
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
81 follow-up statement
870
WWUS52 KMHX 081557
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1157 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
NCC031-081615-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-161008T1615Z/
CARTERET NC-
1157 AM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CARTERET COUNTY...
AT 1156 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED OVER PINE KNOLL SHORES...OR NEAR MOREHEAD CITY...MOVING
NORTHWEST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE
IS LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
NEWPORT AROUND 1205 PM EDT.
MOREHEAD CITY 1205 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE INDIAN
BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...IN A
MOBILE HOME...OR IN A VEHICLE...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL
SHELTER AND PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...
CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT AT 1-800-889-
6889. THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS
WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3449 7680 3473 7712 3481 7703 3481 7696
3483 7696 3484 7688 3490 7691 3485 7688
3485 7682 3470 7666 3456 7687 3452 7683
3448 7676 3447 7677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1556Z 139DEG 47KT 3469 7678
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 7, 11:12 PM EDT | Hurricane Warning | MHX | 36 hr | |
| Oct 8, 11:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 28 min |
| Oct 8, 11:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 1 more | 20 hr |
| Oct 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 12 min |
| Oct 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret | 36 min |
| Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Jones | 9 days |
| Oct 8, 4:22 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 10 days |
| Oct 8, 4:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:14 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Craven | 15 days |
| Oct 8, 5:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 6 hr |
| Oct 8, 5:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 14 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Martin | 68 hr |
| Oct 8, 6:27 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 14 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.