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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

October 8, 2016Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Oct 8, 2016, 1:50 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 12 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
Oct 8, 2016, 1:50 PM EDT (17:50 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2016, 2:02 PM EDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Radar indicated
Hail
0.0 in

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 8, 7:20 AM EDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2016-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 206 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 2016-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

618 
WFUS52 KMHX 081750
TORMHX
NCC061-081815-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0016.161008T1750Z-161008T1815Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
150 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 215 PM EDT
    
* AT 150 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR ALBERT J ELLIS AIRPORT...OR 13 MILES WEST
  OF HALF MOON...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...
  BEULAVILLE AROUND 200 PM 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 3519 7801 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789
      3516 7789 3518 7783 3514 7777 3511 7775
      3502 7775 3497 7768 3492 7765 3477 7768
      3474 7775 3516 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 152DEG 39KT 3485 7770 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
987 
WWUS52 KMHX 081802
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
202 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

NCC061-081812-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-161008T1815Z/
DUPLIN NC-
202 PM EDT SAT OCT 8 2016

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EASTERN DUPLIN 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.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3519 7801 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789
      3516 7789 3518 7783 3514 7777 3511 7775
      3502 7775 3497 7768 3492 7765 3477 7768
      3474 7775 3516 7808
TIME...MOT...LOC 1800Z 152DEG 39KT 3497 7778 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 11:12 PM EDTHurricane WarningMHX36 hr
Oct 8, 11:17 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXOnslow28 min
Oct 8, 11:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir and 1 more20 hr
Oct 8, 11:43 AM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret32 min
Oct 8, 2:24 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCarteret36 min
Oct 8, 3:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXJones9 days
Oct 8, 4:22 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXPitt10 days
Oct 8, 4:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXGreene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt14 hr
Oct 8, 5:14 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXCraven15 days
Oct 8, 5:22 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyMHXDuplin, Lenoir6 hr
Oct 8, 5:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXBeaufort, Pamlico14 hr
Oct 8, 6:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXMartin68 hr
Oct 8, 6:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington14 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.