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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 5, 2008Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 5, 2008, 1:58 AM EST for Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 77 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
Mar 5, 2008, 1:58 AM EST (06:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2008, 3:15 AM EST
In force
77 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Mar 4, 5:53 PM ESTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 221 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 00:00Z on 2008-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 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
221 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
663 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 Mar 5, 1:56 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 1:56 AM EST, 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 4:53 PM EST, 9 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
453 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

NCZ095-103-104-052200-
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
453 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR CARTERET COUNTY AND THE OUTER
BANKS THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...FOR STRONG
SOUTHERLY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH AWAY FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
EXPECTED TONIGHT.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS...TORNADOES...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA LATER THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE APPROXIMATE TIME FRAME OF
THE THREAT IS FROM 800 PM STARTING IN THE COASTAL PLAINS...THROUGH
300 AM ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-098-052200-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW-
453 PM EST TUE MAR 4 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING THE THREAT OF DAMAGING
WINDS...TORNADOES...AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA LATER THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ISOLATED TORNADOES...HAIL AND
HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THE APPROXIMATE TIME FRAME OF
THE THREAT IS FROM 800 PM STARTING IN THE COASTAL PLAINS...THROUGH
300 AM ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 5, 12:57 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1257 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     BLIZZARD         BOWDENS                 35.05N 78.11W
03/05/2008                   DUPLIN             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 117 HALFWAY BETWEEN WARSAW AND
            FAISON

&&

SCHULZ
Local storm report, Mar 5, 12:57 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1257 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG BOWDENS                 35.05N 78.11W
03/05/2008                   DUPLIN             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2 TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 117 HALFWAY BETWEEN WARSAW AND
            FAISON

&&

SCHULZ
Local storm report, Mar 5, 12:59 AM EST, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1259 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 SW PINK HILL          35.05N 77.76W
03/05/2008                   LENOIR             NC   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE REPORTED DOWN ON TAPP FARM RD

&&

SCHULZ
Local storm report, Mar 5, 1:29 AM EST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
129 AM EST WED MAR 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0106 AM     TSTM WND GST     CEDAR POINT             34.68N 77.08W
03/05/2008  M53 MPH          CARTERET           NC   MESONET

            CEDAR POINT MESONET SITE REPORTED 53MPH GUST.

&&

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Special weather statement, Mar 5, 1:36 AM EST, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 10:25 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXDuplin50 min
Mar 4, 11:01 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXLenoir44 min
Mar 4, 11:04 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXDuplin, Onslow31 min
Mar 4, 11:35 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Greene, Lenoir85 min
Mar 4, 11:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXMartin, Pitt76 min
Mar 4, 11:51 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Jones29 min
Mar 5, 12:04 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort41 min
Mar 5, 12:09 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow, Pitt81 min
Mar 5, 12:36 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXMartin, Washington26 min
Mar 5, 12:39 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Mar 5, 12:40 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico80 min
Mar 5, 1:12 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Pamlico33 min
Mar 5, 1:29 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret46 min
Mar 5, 1:43 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Mar 5, 1:56 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX49 min
Mar 5, 2:00 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX45 min
Mar 5, 2:44 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.