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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2017, 5:29 AM EDT for Craven County, Jones County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- May 5, 2017, 5:29 AM EDT (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2017, 6:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:09 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1061 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted.
502
WFUS52 KMHX 050929
TORMHX
NCC049-103-147-051000-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.170505T0929Z-170505T1000Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
529 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
Southern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 600 AM EDT
* At 528 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near River Bend, or 11 miles southwest of New Bern,
moving north at 35 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...
Vanceboro around 600 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Trenton, Pollocksville and Cove City.
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 3498 7720 3503 7737 3537 7735 3532 7701
TIME...MOT...LOC 0928Z 185DEG 29KT 3505 7727
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DAG1 follow-up statement
863
WWUS52 KMHX 050947
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
547 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017
NCC049-103-147-051000-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170505T1000Z/
Jones NC-Craven NC-Pitt NC-
547 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL JONES...NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN AND SOUTHERN PITT COUNTIES...
At 546 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located 7 miles southwest of Vanceboro, or 11 miles northwest of
New Bern, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Vanceboro around 600 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include Cove
City and rural portions of the counties.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3509 7715 3511 7732 3537 7735 3532 7701
TIME...MOT...LOC 0946Z 185DEG 31KT 3522 7725
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 8:00 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 24 hr | |
| May 4, 10:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 66 min |
| May 5, 12:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 45 min |
| May 5, 4:17 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 58 min |
| May 5, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Onslow | 42 min |
| May 5, 5:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 35 min |
| May 5, 6:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt | 53 min |
| May 5, 6:14 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 31 min |
| May 5, 6:17 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt, Washington | 43 min |
| May 5, 6:28 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pitt | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:54 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin | 21 min |
| May 5, 6:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| May 5, 7:03 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pitt | 42 min |
| May 5, 7:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 50 min |
| May 5, 7:19 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 41 min |
| May 5, 7:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 30 min |
| May 5, 7:42 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 63 min |
| May 5, 7:44 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Martin, Washington | 6 min |
| May 5, 7:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Craven | 82 min |
| May 5, 8:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| May 5, 8:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell, Washington | 64 min |
| May 5, 8:34 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| May 5, 8:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 58 min |
| May 5, 8:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret | 87 min |
| May 5, 9:11 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min | |
| May 5, 9:20 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret | 85 min |
| May 5, 9:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 28 min |
| May 5, 9:37 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pitt | 83 min |
| May 5, 9:49 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 41 min |
| May 5, 10:06 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 39 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.