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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2024, 1:29 PM EDT for Jones County, Onslow 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
- Aug 6, 2024, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2024, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
Counties Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 53 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
- 1058 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
875
WFUS52 KMHX 061729
TORMHX
NCC103-133-061800-
/O.NEW.KMHX.TO.W.0013.240806T1729Z-240806T1800Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
129 PM EDT Tue Aug 6 2024
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Tornado Warning for...
Central Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 200 PM EDT.
* At 129 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located near Petersburg, or 7 miles north of Half Moon, moving
north at 15 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.
* This dangerous storm will be near...
Comfort around 135 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include
Trenton and Loco VFD.
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.
Heavy rainfall may hide this tornado. Do not wait to see or hear the
tornado. TAKE COVER NOW!
&&
LAT...LON 3485 7734 3484 7756 3506 7761 3507 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1729Z 175DEG 14KT 3493 7746
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
$$
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:44 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow | 24 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:50 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Aug 6, 10:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 69 min | |
| Aug 6, 10:58 AM EDT | Tropical Storm Watch | MHX | Carteret, Onslow | 42 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 4:24 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 5 hr |
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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.