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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 1:06 PM EST for Duplin County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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, 1:06 PM EST (18:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Duplin County, NC, Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:07 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, 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 |
| Feb 24, 1:23 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 1 W La Grange, NC | TRUCK BLOWN OFF ROAD ON US 70 |
| Feb 24, 1:25 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | La Grange, NC | BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED REPORT OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO SMALL BUILDINGS AND A BILLBOARD DESTROYED ALONG HWY 70 NEAR LA GRANGE. |
| Feb 24, 1:55 PM EST | TSTM WND DMG | 8 E Calypso, NC | EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREE DOWN NEAR WAYNE/DUPLIN BORDER. |
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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
397
WFUS52 KMHX 241806
TORMHX
NCC061-107-241845-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.160224T1806Z-160224T1845Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
106 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WESTERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 145 PM EST
* AT 105 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 8
MILES NORTH OF KENANSVILLE...OR 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 65 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINSTON...LA GRANGE AND KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3519 7802 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789
3518 7784 3534 7782 3537 7780 3538 7770
3535 7768 3535 7764 3538 7761 3538 7756
3542 7751 3541 7748 3543 7747 3542 7747
3540 7746 3496 7794 3507 7812
TIME...MOT...LOC 1805Z 217DEG 57KT 3509 7797
$$
111 follow-up statement
389
WWUS52 KMHX 241824
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
124 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC061-241834-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T1845Z/
DUPLIN NC-
124 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
THE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT
OF THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3534 7782 3537 7780 3537 7777 3538 7770
3535 7768 3535 7764 3538 7761 3537 7759
3538 7756 3542 7751 3541 7748 3542 7747
3540 7746 3513 7776 3515 7778 3518 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 225DEG 52KT 3529 7773
$$
NCC107-241845-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160224T1845Z/
LENOIR NC-
124 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EST FOR
NORTHERN LENOIR COUNTY...
AT 124 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LA
GRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KINSTON...LA GRANGE AND KINSTON REGIONAL JETPORT.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3534 7782 3537 7780 3537 7777 3538 7770
3535 7768 3535 7764 3538 7761 3537 7759
3538 7756 3542 7751 3541 7748 3542 7747
3540 7746 3513 7776 3515 7778 3518 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 225DEG 52KT 3529 7773
$$
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, 12:39 PM EST | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 36 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.