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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 8, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 8, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 3:14 PM EDT | TORNADO | 1 N Fairfield, NC | TORNADO REPORTED ON THE GROUND IN THE WHITE TAIL FARMS NEIGHBORHOOD OF FAIRFIELD, MOVING NORTHEAST. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 |
| Jul 8, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
409
WFUS52 KMHX 081844
TORMHX
NCC095-081915-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0007.210708T1844Z-210708T1915Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
244 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Northwestern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 315 PM EDT.
* At 243 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Swan Quarter Ferry Terminal, or 23 miles north of
Cedar Island, moving north at 40 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...
Swindell Fork, Scranton, Fairfield, Rose Bay, Lake Mattamuskeet,
Alligator Lake and Swan Quarter Ferry Terminal.
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 3522 7627 3526 7648 3527 7648 3527 7647
3529 7648 3570 7644 3568 7627 3561 7630
3561 7629 3560 7621 3562 7619 3567 7618
3566 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 190DEG 36KT 3535 7636
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
81 follow-up statement
207
WWUS52 KMHX 081903
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
303 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
NCC095-081915-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210708T1915Z/
Hyde NC-
303 PM EDT Thu Jul 8 2021
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN HYDE COUNTY...
At 303 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Fairfield, or 32 miles southeast of Plymouth, moving
north at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Tornado.
SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.
IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without
shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage
to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. Tree damage is
likely.
Locations impacted include...
Scranton, Fairfield, Rose Bay, Lake Mattamuskeet and Alligator Lake.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.
If a tornado or other severe weather is spotted, call the National
Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-
6889. This act may save lives of others in the path of dangerous
weather.
&&
LAT...LON 3548 7618 3547 7630 3544 7635 3544 7640
3546 7646 3570 7644 3568 7627 3561 7630
3561 7627 3560 7621 3562 7619 3565 7618
3567 7618 3566 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 190DEG 36KT 3555 7632
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
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, 12:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 35 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, 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.