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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 24, 2016, 5:11 PM EST for Beaufort County, Hyde County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 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
- Feb 24, 2016, 5:11 PM EST (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2016, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:13 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 1:46 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
893
WFUS52 KMHX 242211
TORMHX
NCC013-095-187-242300-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0006.160224T2211Z-160224T2300Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
511 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 600 PM EST
* AT 510 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED
OVER GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...OR NEAR RIVER ROAD...AND MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WASHINGTON...PLYMOUTH...GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...ROPER...CRESWELL AND
PANTEGO.
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 3589 7637 3551 7672 3550 7670 3542 7676
3543 7678 3539 7679 3539 7678 3532 7684
3541 7704 3548 7700 3544 7697 3547 7695
3549 7696 3549 7699 3592 7672 3594 7669
3594 7655 3598 7639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 210DEG 47KT 3545 7690
$$
051 follow-up statement
829
WWUS52 KMHX 242230
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
530 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
NCC013-095-187-242240-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160224T2300Z/
BEAUFORT NC-WASHINGTON NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-
530 PM EST WED FEB 24 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR CENTRAL BEAUFORT...WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS ARE
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3589 7637 3551 7672 3550 7670 3542 7676
3543 7678 3539 7679 3539 7678 3532 7684
3541 7704 3548 7700 3544 7697 3547 7695
3549 7696 3549 7699 3592 7672 3594 7669
3594 7655 3598 7639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2228Z 210DEG 47KT 3568 7674
$$
05The 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, 1:06 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, 5:26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.