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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 12:39 PM EST for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 min. 6 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 24, 2016, 12:39 PM EST (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:40 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 12:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 E Calypso, NC | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREE DOWN NEAR WAYNE/DUPLIN BORDER. CORRECTED... TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Feb 24, 12:57 PM EST | TORNADO | Warsaw, NC | EF0 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS. |
| Feb 24, 1:00 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Warsaw, NC | PUBLIC REPORTED TREES SNAPPED AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN IN WARSAW. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Feb 24, 1:13 PM EST | TORNADO | 7 E Calypso, NC | EF1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED 100 MPH WINDS. EIGHT POWERPOLES SNAPPED OFF AND ROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME. |
| Feb 24, 1:15 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | Summerlins Crossroads, NC | POWER LINES DOWN |
| Feb 24, 1:15 PM EST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Summerlins Crossroads, NC | POWER LINES DOWN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 11:16 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 386 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted.
911
WFUS52 KMHX 241739
TORMHX
NCC061-241815-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.160224T1739Z-160224T1815Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1239 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
WESTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 115 PM EST
* AT 1239 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
NEAR HARRELLS...OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF CLINTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARSAW...MOUNT OLIVE...KENANSVILLE...HARRELLS...FAISON...MAGNOLIA AND
CALYPSO.
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.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...CONTACT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE...OR YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHO WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN NEWPORT .
THIS ACT MAY SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3504 7815 3510 7817 3518 7811
3518 7808 3519 7805 3519 7800 3517 7797
3517 7794 3508 7780 3472 7816 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1739Z 215DEG 47KT 3478 7828
$$
112 follow-up statements
247
WWUS52 KMHX 241750
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1250 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC061-241815-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1815Z/
DUPLIN NC-
1250 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR WESTERN
DUPLIN COUNTY...
AT 1250 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
ROSE HILL...OR 8 MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARSAW...MOUNT OLIVE...KENANSVILLE...HARRELLS...FAISON...MAGNOLIA
AND CALYPSO. THIS TORNADO WILL CROSS INTERSTATE 40 IN THE NEXT FEW
MINUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR OF A STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE
HOME OR OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
IF A TORNADO OR OTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS SPOTTED...REPORT IT TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY WHO
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT. THIS ACT MAY SAVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS IN THE
PATH OF DANGEROUS WEATHER.
&&
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3504 7815 3510 7817 3518 7811
3518 7808 3519 7805 3519 7800 3517 7797
3517 7794 3508 7780 3472 7816 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 221DEG 48KT 3488 7812
$$
11315
WWUS52 KMHX 241758
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1258 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC061-241815-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160224T1815Z/
DUPLIN NC-
1258 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM EST FOR WESTERN
DUPLIN COUNTY...
AT 1257 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
WARSAW...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARSAW...MOUNT OLIVE...KENANSVILLE...HARRELLS...FAISON...MAGNOLIA AND
CALYPSO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR WARSAW. 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 3490 7815 3504 7815 3510 7817 3518 7811
3518 7808 3519 7805 3519 7800 3517 7797
3517 7794 3508 7780 3472 7816 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 214DEG 52KT 3500 7802
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 9:22 PM EST | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 7 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:27 AM EST | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Feb 24, 3:28 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:20 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 12:22 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 38 min |
| Feb 24, 1:06 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 1:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 1:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 1:53 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 26 min |
| Feb 24, 4:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 57 min |
| Feb 24, 4:20 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Feb 24, 5:01 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Washington | 30 min |
| Feb 24, 5:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Washington | 19 min |
| Feb 24, 5:26 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 34 min |
| Feb 24, 6:47 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 43 min |
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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.