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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 6, 2020Craven County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Feb 6, 2020, 8:47 PM EST for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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: Feb 6, 2020, 8:47 PM EST (01:47 UTC)
Expired: Feb 6, 2020, 9:15 PM EST
In force: 28 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:49 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 6, 8:58 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Sw Havelock, NC	REPORT OF TREE DOWN ON A TRAILER IN JACKSON MOBILE HOME PARK. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Feb 6, 9:00 PM EST	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ssw Havelock, NC	REPORT OF A LIGHT POLE SNAPPED IN THE CITY OF HAVELOCK. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 6, 4:23 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 21 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: 320 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 82 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 500 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 508 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

257 
WFUS52 KMHX 070147
TORMHX
NCC049-070215-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.200207T0147Z-200207T0215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
847 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southeastern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 915 PM EST.
    
* At 847 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
  was located near Catfish Lake, or 9 miles west of Havelock, moving
  east 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  New Bern, Havelock, Croatan, Great Neck, Catfish Lake, Neuse
  Forest, Cherry Branch Ferry Terminal, Minnesott Beach Ferry and
  Minnesott Beach.

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 3497 7668 3494 7663 3492 7666 3490 7663
      3490 7668 3483 7669 3487 7671 3483 7695
      3481 7696 3483 7711 3497 7710 3501 7687
      3497 7680 3502 7671 3502 7673 3503 7672
      3502 7669 3506 7661 3498 7660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0147Z 264DEG 35KT 3490 7706 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

CB

1 follow-up statement

004 
WWUS52 KMHX 070203
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
903 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

NCC049-070215-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-200207T0215Z/
Craven NC-
903 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CRAVEN COUNTY...
    
At 903 PM EST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Cherry Branch Ferry Terminal, or over Havelock,
moving east at 50 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.

Locations impacted include...
Havelock, Great Neck, Minnesott Beach Ferry, Cherry Branch Ferry
Terminal and Minnesott Beach.

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 3499 7663 3497 7668 3494 7665 3494 7663
      3491 7666 3490 7663 3490 7669 3487 7686
      3491 7692 3500 7691 3501 7687 3497 7680
      3499 7676 3500 7671 3502 7671 3502 7670
      3506 7661 3498 7660
TIME...MOT...LOC 0203Z 261DEG 42KT 3493 7686 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$
DAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 6, 7:17 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir	43 min
Feb 6, 7:48 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	27 min
Feb 6, 7:54 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	24 min
Feb 6, 7:59 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		31 min
Feb 6, 8:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	55 min
Feb 6, 8:10 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	65 min
Feb 6, 9:01 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		29 min
Feb 6, 9:03 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret, Pamlico	42 min
Feb 6, 9:20 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare, Hyde	25 min
Feb 7, 12:01 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow	119 min
Feb 7, 12:52 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		38 min
Feb 7, 1:39 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		51 min
Feb 7, 2:08 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Onslow	82 min
Feb 7, 2:28 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		62 min
Feb 7, 2:31 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		29 min
Feb 7, 4:05 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	17 hr
Feb 7, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	11 days
Feb 7, 10:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	9 days
Feb 7, 10:43 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Lenoir	23 days
Feb 7, 3:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Pitt	5 days
Feb 7, 6:58 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		14 hr

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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.