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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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
- Jun 2, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 4:59 PM EDT | TORNADO | 2 Wnw Wallace, NC | DUPLIN COUNTY LAW ENFOREMENT REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 41 AND CORNWALLIS RD. |
| Jun 2, 5:05 PM EDT | TORNADO | Teachey, NC | WIDESPREAD TREES DOWN BETWEEN TEACHEY AND WALLACE. TREE FELL ON TRACTOR TRAILER ON US 117. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
316
WFUS52 KMHX 022045
TORMHX
NCC061-022115-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0002.210602T2045Z-210602T2115Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
445 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Southern Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 515 PM EDT.
* At 444 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Wallace, moving northeast at 15 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...
Wallace, Rose Hill, Beulaville, Kenansville, Harrells, Magnolia,
Greenevers and Teachey.
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 3503 7800 3492 7774 3472 7795 3472 7796
3471 7798 3472 7799 3473 7802 3473 7803
3472 7811 3471 7813 3472 7815 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 217DEG 15KT 3473 7808
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
271 follow-up statement
453
WWUS52 KMHX 022100
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
500 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
NCC061-022115-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210602T2115Z/
Duplin NC-
500 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN DUPLIN COUNTY...
At 459 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Wallace, moving
northeast at 12 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Wallace, Rose Hill, Magnolia, Greenevers and Teachey.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3472 7812 3476 7817 3495 7802 3481 7785
3472 7795 3472 7796 3471 7798 3472 7799
3473 7802 3473 7803 3472 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 223DEG 10KT 3475 7803
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
TLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 46 min |
| Jun 2, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 40 min | |
| Jun 2, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 32 min |
| Jun 2, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 4:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 37 min |
| Jun 2, 5:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 min |
| Jun 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.