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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 12:10 PM EDT for Greene County, Pitt 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 12:10 PM EDT (16:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Greene County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:35 AM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 2167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 669 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted.
568
WFUS52 KMHX 081610
TORMHX
NCC079-147-081645-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0005.210708T1610Z-210708T1645Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1210 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
West central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 1245 PM EDT.
* At 1210 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over Lizzie, or 7 miles south of Farmville,
moving north at 35 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...
Farmville, Snow Hill, Maury, Ormondsville, Lizzie, Fountain,
Hookerton, Castoria and Walstonburg.
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 3565 7770 3567 7768 3570 7762 3544 7748
3540 7771 3560 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1610Z 167DEG 31KT 3550 7764
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
81 follow-up statement
301
WWUS52 KMHX 081630
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1230 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
NCC079-147-081645-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210708T1645Z/
Greene NC-Pitt NC-
1230 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
GREENE AND WEST CENTRAL PITT COUNTIES...
At 1230 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Farmville, moving north at 35 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Farmville, Lizzie, Fountain, Castoria and Walstonburg.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3565 7770 3567 7768 3570 7762 3551 7752
3548 7774 3560 7778
TIME...MOT...LOC 1630Z 167DEG 31KT 3567 7769
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:14 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow | 24 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:07 PM EDT | Tropical Storm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 27 hr |
| Jul 8, 9:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 12:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 26 min |
| Jul 8, 12:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 2:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min | |
| Jul 8, 2:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde | 31 min |
| Jul 8, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 5:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 min | |
| Jul 8, 6:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 31 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.