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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 20, 2021, 2:25 PM EDT for Martin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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 20, 2021, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2021, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.0 in
County Martin County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 215 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 986 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
826
WFUS52 KMHX 201825
TORMHX
NCC117-201900-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0004.210620T1825Z-210620T1900Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
225 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Martin County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 300 PM EDT.
* At 225 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Robersonville, or 9 miles west of Williamston,
moving east at 25 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...
Williamston, Robersonville and Everetts.
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 3589 7703 3589 7704 3588 7703 3587 7705
3587 7704 3586 7704 3586 7701 3583 7699
3579 7726 3583 7728 3590 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1825Z 256DEG 21KT 3581 7723
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
411 follow-up statement
136
WWUS52 KMHX 201839
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
239 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
NCC117-201900-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210620T1900Z/
Martin NC-
239 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM EDT FOR CENTRAL
MARTIN COUNTY...
At 239 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Williamston, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Williamston and Everetts.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3589 7703 3589 7704 3588 7703 3587 7705
3587 7704 3586 7704 3586 7701 3583 7699
3580 7717 3586 7719 3590 7703
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 261DEG 18KT 3582 7715
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...0.00IN
$$
41The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 8:28 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow | 24 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:20 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 20, 4:57 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow | 27 hr |
| Jun 20, 5:05 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Jun 20, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 51 min |
| Jun 20, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 42 min |
| Jun 20, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 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.