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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 5, 2008Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2008, 4:16 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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
Jul 5, 2008, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2008, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2008-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 642 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 2008-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
642 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 5, 11:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:05 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 2:44 AM EDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
244 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-061000-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
244 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1218 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

NCZ098-051700-
ONSLOW-
1218 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM EDT...

AT 1218 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF NEW RIVER AIR STATION...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH
TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE NEAR HAWS RUN AT 1245 PM EDT...VERONA AT 1255 PM EDT. OTHER
LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CAMP LEJEUNE MAIN
GATE...CATHERINE LAKE...DIXON AND FOLKSTONE.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA
ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE
AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND INJURIES
OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL SHEDS...UNDER
ISOLATED TREEES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 12:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1252 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

NCZ094-095-051730-
PAMLICO-CARTERET-
1252 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CARTERET AND PAMLICO COUNTIES
UNTIL 130 PM EDT...

AT 1252 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
PAMLICO COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAVELOCK...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JANEIRO AT
105 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE
ORIENTAL...MERRIMON...MERRITT AND PAMLICO.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA
ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE
AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND INJURIES
OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL SHEDS...UNDER
ISOLATED TREEES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA.
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
206 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

NCZ044-091-093-051900-
LENOIR-PITT-CRAVEN-
206 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN...PITT AND LENOIR COUNTIES
UNTIL 300 PM EDT...

AT 206 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN
CRAVEN COUNTY...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR QUINERLY AT 220 PM
EDT...RIVERSIDE...AND...JOHNSONS MILLS AT 225 PM EDT...HONOLULU AT
230 PM EDT...CALICO AT 235 PM EDT...SHELMERDINE AT 240 PM EDT. OTHER
LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE GRIFTON...VANCEBORO...
DOVER...FORT BARNWELL AND JASPER.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA
ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE
AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND INJURIES
OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL SHEDS...UNDER
ISOLATED TREEES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin61 min
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDuplin113 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.