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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 13, 2020, 10:20 AM EDT for Craven County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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
- Apr 13, 2020, 10:20 AM EDT (14:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 13, 2020, 11:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Craven County, NC, Pamlico County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 10:20 AM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Havelock, NC | TREE DOWN ON POWERLINES NEXT TO WAFFLEHOUSE IN HAVELOCK. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Apr 13, 10:25 AM EDT | TORNADO | Havelock, NC | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND DAMAGE TO TREES AND FENCES, AND SOME MINOR ROOF AND ALUMINUM CARPORT DAMAGE IN HAVELOCK, NC, INDICATIVE OF AN EF0 TORNADO. MAX SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 75 MPH, WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 0.25 MILES AND A MAX PATH WIDTH OF 75 YARDS. NO INJURIES OR |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 5:01 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 618 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 539 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
862
WFUS52 KMHX 131420
TORMHX
NCC049-137-131500-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0009.200413T1420Z-200413T1500Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1020 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southeastern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
South central Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 1100 AM EDT.
* At 1020 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Havelock, moving northeast at 30 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, Janeiro, Merritt, Cherry Branch Ferry Terminal, Minnesott
Beach Ferry, Arapahoe 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 3486 7692 3492 7697 3497 7692 3497 7690
3500 7687 3496 7689 3496 7692 3495 7692
3490 7691 3494 7691 3495 7690 3495 7687
3499 7685 3501 7687 3513 7672 3505 7664
3501 7670 3493 7679
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 229DEG 26KT 3490 7693
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DAG1 follow-up statement
828
WWUS52 KMHX 131433
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1033 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
NCC049-131443-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200413T1500Z/
Craven NC-
1033 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAVEN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
The tornadic thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out
of the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until noon EDT for eastern North
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3502 7685 3513 7672 3505 7664 3501 7670
3499 7676 3498 7680 3499 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 229DEG 26KT 3496 7684
$$
NCC137-131500-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0009.000000T0000Z-200413T1500Z/
Pamlico NC-
1033 AM EDT Mon Apr 13 2020
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM EDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL PAMLICO COUNTY...
At 1033 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Minnesott Beach Ferry, or near Havelock, moving
northeast at 30 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...
Janeiro, Merritt and Arapahoe.
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 3502 7685 3513 7672 3505 7664 3501 7670
3499 7676 3498 7680 3499 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 1433Z 229DEG 26KT 3496 7684
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
DAGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 8:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin and 2 more | 61 min |
| Apr 13, 9:28 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Martin and 4 more | 62 min |
| Apr 13, 9:30 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 9:55 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Hyde | 37 min |
| Apr 13, 9:56 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 13, 10:06 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 39 min |
| Apr 13, 10:07 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 23 min | |
| Apr 13, 10:08 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Apr 13, 10:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 10:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 13, 10:19 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 26 min |
| Apr 13, 10:30 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 45 min | |
| Apr 13, 10:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 101 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Hyde | 28 min |
| Apr 13, 11:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 24 min | |
| Apr 13, 11:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 12:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Apr 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 64 hr | |
| Apr 13, 3:01 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 3 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.