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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 10, 2017Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 10, 2017, 10:50 AM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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: Jul 10, 2017, 10:50 AM EDT (14:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 10, 2017, 11:30 AM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 0.0 in

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 1.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

963 
WFUS52 KMHX 101450
TORMHX
NCC055-101530-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0016.170710T1450Z-170710T1530Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1050 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northwestern Outer Banks Dare County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 1130 AM EDT

* At 1049 AM EDT, multiple confirmed waterspouts moving along the 
  coastline, and , may move over land near Kill Devil Hills, moving 
  northeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed waterspout moving onshore. 

  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 tornado will be near...
  Avalon Pier around 1105 AM 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 3594 7563 3601 7574 3611 7571 3604 7560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1449Z 204DEG 5KT 3603 7570 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

SGK

2 follow-up statements

508 
WWUS52 KMHX 101506
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1106 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

NCC055-101530-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170710T1530Z/
Outer Banks Dare NC-
1106 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OUTER BANKS DARE COUNTY...
    
At 1101 AM EDT, confirmed multiple waterspouts are currently just 
offshore the Kill Devil Hills area and may move onshore. The 
waterspouts are currently moving slowly to the Northeast.

HAZARD...Tornado. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed waterspout moving onshore. 

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 tornado will be near...
  Avalon Pier around 1115 AM EDT. 

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.

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 3594 7563 3601 7574 3611 7571 3604 7560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1501Z 219DEG 4KT 3601 7566 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

SGK

515 
WWUS52 KMHX 101517
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1117 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

NCC055-101530-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170710T1530Z/
Outer Banks Dare NC-
1117 AM EDT MON JUL 10 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 AM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OUTER BANKS DARE COUNTY...
    
At 1116 AM EDT, confirmed waterspouts near land have dissipated, but 
there remains a potential for new waterspouts forming and moving 
over land.

HAZARD...Tornado. 

SOURCE...Weather spotters confirmed waterspout moving onshore. 

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 tornado will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern
Outer Banks Dare County.

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.

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 3594 7563 3601 7574 3611 7571 3604 7560
TIME...MOT...LOC 1516Z 204DEG 5KT 3603 7565 

TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN

$$

SGK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 8:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	60 min
Jul 10, 10:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		36 min
Jul 10, 11:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Dare	93 min
Jul 10, 11:28 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		47 min
Jul 10, 11:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	34 min
Jul 10, 12:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	28 min
Jul 10, 1:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Dare	2 hr
Jul 10, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	40 min
Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	65 min
Jul 10, 3:37 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		38 min
Jul 10, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Lenoir	41 min
Jul 10, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	50 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.