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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 15, 2006Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2006, 7:13 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2006, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired: May 15, 2006, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 15, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 888 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 15, 4:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 4:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 11:19 AM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1119 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2006

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-161530-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
1119 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-170-161530-
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO SURF CITY NC FROM 20 TO
40 NM-
1119 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL WATERS
THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DIMINISH DURING THE
EVENING.

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS IN EFFECT FROM OREGON INLET TO N OF
SURF CITY TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FROM OREGON
INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NCZ095-098-103-104-161530-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1119 AM EDT MON MAY 15 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA COAST THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN
DAMAGING HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL
DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

ADDITIONALLY...THERE WILL BE A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG
AREA BEACHES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 15, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 6:21 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 6:25 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 15, 6:32 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	51 min
May 14, 8:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		51 min
May 14, 8:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin, Washington	46 min
May 14, 9:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	30 min
May 14, 9:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		42 min
May 14, 9:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	33 min
May 15, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		26 min
May 15, 2:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pitt	43 min
May 15, 2:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pitt	39 min
May 15, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Washington	47 min
May 15, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	43 min
May 15, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		44 min
May 15, 4:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	43 min
May 15, 4:21 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		54 min
May 15, 4:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		39 min
May 15, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Jones	50 min
May 15, 4:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	49 min
May 15, 4:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin	18 min
May 15, 5:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	48 min
May 15, 5:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	45 min
May 15, 6:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	30 min
May 15, 6:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		47 min
May 15, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	20 min
May 15, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	51 min
May 15, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		63 min
May 15, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Lenoir	27 min
May 15, 7:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	44 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.