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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at May 5, 2017, 7:03 AM EDT for Beaufort County, Craven County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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, 7:03 AM EDT (11:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2017, 7:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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 |
| May 5, 6:25 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 68 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.
553
WFUS52 KMHX 051103
TORMHX
NCC013-049-147-051145-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0007.170505T1103Z-170505T1145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
703 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
North central Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
Western Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 745 AM EDT
* At 703 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Vanceboro, or 9 miles northwest of New Bern,
moving northeast at 40 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 710 AM EDT.
Washington, River Road and Goose Creek State Park around 735 AM
EDT.
Pinetown around 745 AM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Chocowinity and Washington Park.
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 3517 7713 3520 7728 3570 7713 3558 7677
TIME...MOT...LOC 1103Z 211DEG 36KT 3523 7719
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
DAG1 follow-up statement
189
WWUS52 KMHX 051120
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
720 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017
NCC013-049-147-051145-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170505T1145Z/
Craven NC-Pitt NC-Beaufort NC-
720 AM EDT FRI MAY 5 2017
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM EDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL CRAVEN...EASTERN PITT AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES...
At 720 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Vanceboro, or 12 miles southwest of River Road,
moving northeast at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
This dangerous storm will be near...
Washington, River Road and Goose Creek State Park around 740 AM
EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Chocowinity and Washington Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3559 7680 3531 7706 3535 7718 3569 7710
TIME...MOT...LOC 1120Z 207DEG 30KT 3536 7711
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
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, 5:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Pitt | 31 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, 7:10 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.