Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 2021
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT for Duplin 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
- Jun 2, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2021, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Observed
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
531
WFUS52 KMHX 022114
TORMHX
NCC061-022145-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0003.210602T2114Z-210602T2145Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
514 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 545 PM EDT.
* At 514 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Wallace, moving
northeast at 20 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, Beulaville, Sarecta, 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.
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 3475 7799 3482 7808 3501 7786 3489 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 234DEG 16KT 3480 7798
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
271 follow-up statement
982
WWUS52 KMHX 022131
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
531 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
NCC061-022145-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210602T2145Z/
Duplin NC-
531 PM EDT Wed Jun 2 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTY...
At 528 PM EDT, a confirmed tornado was located near Rose Hill, or 7
miles northeast of Wallace, moving northeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Damaging tornado.
SOURCE...Law enforcement confirmed tornado. At 515 PM, damage was
reported near Teachey.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Beulaville, Sarecta and Greenevers.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To repeat, a tornado is on the ground. TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a
basement or an interior room on the lowest floor of a sturdy
building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a mobile home, or in
a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter and protect
yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3478 7793 3486 7803 3501 7786 3489 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 232DEG 16KT 3484 7793
TORNADO...OBSERVED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
27The 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, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Duplin | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.