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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 24, 2017, 8:26 PM EDT for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 19 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 24, 2017, 8:26 PM EDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 2017, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Craven County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:35 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Havelock, NC | LARGE BRANCH FELL ON POWER LINES ON GREENFIELD HEIGHTS BLVD. AND CAUGHT FIRE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted.
931
WFUS52 KMHX 250026
TORMHX
NCC049-250045-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0015.170625T0026Z-170625T0045Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
826 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 845 PM EDT
* At 826 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Havelock, moving east 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...
Havelock around 830 PM EDT.
Cherry Branch Ferry Terminal around 840 PM EDT.
Minnesott Beach Ferry around 845 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 3489 7706 3499 7684 3497 7682 3497 7681
3496 7680 3497 7680 3498 7678 3485 7675
3484 7704
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 252DEG 38KT 3487 7700
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
SGK1 follow-up statement
331
WWUS52 KMHX 250034
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
834 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017
NCC049-250045-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0015.000000T0000Z-170625T0045Z/
Craven NC-
834 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CRAVEN COUNTY...
At 834 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Havelock, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Cherry Branch Ferry Terminal around 840 PM EDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3487 7695 3492 7700 3499 7684 3496 7680
3497 7680 3498 7679 3497 7678 3488 7676
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 252DEG 38KT 3490 7690
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
SGKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 8:49 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 23 hr | |
| Jun 24, 8:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Craven, Jones, Lenoir | 114 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.