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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 12:33 PM EDT for Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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, 12:33 PM EDT (16:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 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), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
432
WFUS52 KMHX 081633
TORMHX
NCC079-147-081700-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0006.210708T1633Z-210708T1700Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1233 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
East central Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 100 PM EDT.
* At 1233 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
tornado was located over 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...
Greenville, Farmville, Bell Arthur, Bruce, Fountain and Falkland.
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 3554 7743 3552 7758 3568 7766 3576 7752
3580 7747 3580 7745 3581 7745 3581 7742
3582 7741
TIME...MOT...LOC 1633Z 173DEG 31KT 3562 7755
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
81 follow-up statement
159
WWUS52 KMHX 081650
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1250 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
NCC079-147-081700-
/O.EXP.KMHX.TO.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210708T1700Z/
Greene NC-Pitt NC-
1250 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN PITT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 100 PM EDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 300 PM EDT for eastern North
Carolina.
LAT...LON 3554 7743 3552 7758 3568 7766 3576 7752
3580 7747 3580 7745 3581 7745 3581 7742
3582 7741
TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 173DEG 31KT 3576 7757
$$
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, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 35 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.