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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 9, 2008Duplin County, Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT for Duplin County, Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 9, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2008, 5:18 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 64 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 2008-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1104 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 2008-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
1104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1526 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 Jun 9, 4:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 4:33 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:20 AM EDT, 12 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
420 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

NCZ029-044-079-080-090>095-098-100830-
MARTIN-PITT-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-
420 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAT INDEX
VALUES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MAY REQUIRE A HEAT ADVISORY ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ045>047-081-103-100830-
WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-OUTER BANKS DARE-
420 AM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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

   HEAT ADVISORY.

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO HEAT INDEX
VALUES OF AROUND 105 DEGREES TODAY. IN ADDITION TO THE HOT
WEATHER...MOTORISTS TRAVELING ON HIGHWAYS 64...264...94...158 AND
SURROUNDING ROADS SHOULD BE ADVISED OF AREAS OF SMOKE WHICH COULD
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES MAY REQUIRE A HEAT ADVISORY ON TUESDAY.
SMOKE FROM THE EVANS ROAD FIRE COULD AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE NEXT
FEW DAYS. ADDITIONAL DENSE SMOKE ADVISORIES MAY ALSO BE NEEDED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ104-100830-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
420 AM EDT MON JUN 9 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...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

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, Jun 9, 12:04 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1204 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

NCZ045>047-081-103-092100-
WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-OUTER BANKS DARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...
KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES
1204 PM EDT MON JUN 9 2008

SMOKE FROM A LARGE WILDFIRE OVER SOUTHERN TYRRELL...NORTHERN HYDE
AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE REDUCED
VISIBILITIES OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT
NORTHERLY WINDS HAVE PUSHED THE PLUME SOUTH ACROSS MUCH OF HYDE
COUNTY AND ADJACENT PAMLICO SOUND. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO 1
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAYS 94 AND 264...AS
WELL AS OTHER LOCAL ROADS. THE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME
SOUTHEAST LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL PUSH THE SMOKE PLUME BACK
TO THE NORTH ACROSS MAINLAND DARE COUNTY AND THE OUTER BANKS NORTH
OF HATTERAS.

MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT FOR SUDDENLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE
PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS NEEDED.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 12:13 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementMHX5 hr
Jun 9, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow37 min
Jun 9, 4:36 PM EDTHeat AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more27 hr
Jun 9, 6:34 PM EDTMarine Weather StatementMHX15 hr

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.