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

June 25, 1996Carteret County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1996, 3:01 PM EDT for Carteret County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1996, 3:01 PM EDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1996, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carteret County, NC, Onslow County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 25, 3:15 PM EDTThunderstorm WindNewport, NC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1996-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1996-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 12:40 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXWashington50 min
Jun 25, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXLenoir38 min
Jun 25, 7:15 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin35 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.