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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 25, 2016, 1:59 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 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
- Jun 25, 2016, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2016, 2:13 PM EDT
- In force
- 14 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Carteret County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:00 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 27 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
- 1106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
237
WFUS52 KMHX 251759
TORMHX
NCC031-251830-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0007.160625T1759Z-160625T1830Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
159 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN CARTERET COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
* UNTIL 230 PM EDT
* AT 158 PM EDT...A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR BOGUE
OR 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEWPORT...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFIRMED TORNADO.
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.
* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
SWANSBORO AND HAMMOCKS BEACH STATE PARK AROUND 230 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE CEDAR
POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TO REPEAT...A TORNADO IS ON THE GROUND. 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3461 7720 3464 7718 3464 7721 3464 7722
3465 7722 3464 7712 3465 7714 3465 7716
3471 7719 3467 7714 3470 7711 3475 7714
3479 7702 3464 7690 3459 7696 3455 7715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 055DEG 6KT 3468 7704
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
81 follow-up statement
053
WWUS52 KMHX 251813
SVSMHX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
213 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
NCC031-251822-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160625T1830Z/
CARTERET NC-
213 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2016
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CARTERET COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER APPEARS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
LAT...LON 3461 7720 3464 7718 3464 7721 3464 7722
3465 7722 3464 7712 3465 7714 3465 7716
3471 7719 3467 7714 3470 7711 3475 7714
3479 7702 3464 7690 3459 7696 3455 7715
TIME...MOT...LOC 1811Z 055DEG 6KT 3467 7706
$$
5The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 52 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.