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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

November 10, 1990Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 10, 1990, 6:03 AM EST for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 10, 1990, 6:03 AM EST (11:03 UTC)
Expired
Nov 10, 1990, 6:45 AM EST
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 63 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Hatteras, NC at 00:00Z on 1990-11-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Hatteras, NC at 00:00Z on 1990-11-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1124 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KHAT 101104
SVRHAT
NCC055-101145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
603 AM EST SAT NOV 10 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CAPE HATTERAS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
          ...EASTERN DARE
 
AT 555 AM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING
OVER BUXTON NORTH CAROLINA MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WIND HAS GUSTED UP TO 78 MILES
AN HOUR.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

Nearby

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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.