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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 8, 2008Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2008, 3:50 PM EDT for Martin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 8, 2008, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2008, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Martin County, NC

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 8, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2008-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2357 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 2008-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
2357 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.3

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico43 min
Jul 8, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Washington33 min
Jul 8, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX37 min
Jul 8, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Pamlico46 min
Jul 8, 2:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico67 min
Jul 8, 3:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCraven, Pamlico3 hr
Jul 8, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pitt39 min
Jul 8, 3:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico57 min
Jul 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt60 min
Jul 8, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico65 min
Jul 8, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico56 min
Jul 8, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven26 min
Jul 8, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX65 min
Jul 8, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones66 min
Jul 8, 6:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jul 8, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico29 min
Jul 8, 7:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico3 hr

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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.