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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Martin County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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 10, 2008, 4:06 PM EDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2008, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Martin County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 278 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 556 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1718 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 10, 3:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:21 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 4:44 AM EDT, 11 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 444 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NCZ029-044-079-080-090>095-098-110845- MARTIN-PITT-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- CARTERET-ONSLOW- 444 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ045>047-081-103-110845- WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-OUTER BANKS DARE- 444 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SMOKE FROM THE EVANS ROAD FIRE WILL AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. DENSE SMOKE ADVISORIES MAY ALSO BE NEEDED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ104-110845- OUTER BANKS HYDE- 444 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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 10, 11:06 AM EDT, 5 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1106 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NCZ046-047-081-102100- TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COLUMBIA 1106 AM EDT TUE JUN 10 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 WEST WINDS WILL PUSH SMOKE TOWARD THE ALLIGATOR RIVER. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL PUSH SMOKE TO THE HIGHWAY 64 CORRIDOR AND AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF CRESWELL...COLUMBIA AND TRAVIS. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO ONE MILE OR LESS AT TIMES ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 64...94 AND 264...AS WELL AS OTHER LOCAL ROADS. MOTORISTS IN THESE AREAS ARE URGED TO BE ALERT FOR SUDDENTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. SLOW DOWN...USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU IN CASE A SUDDEN STOP IS REQUIRED. 11
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 212 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 NCZ046-081-101915- TYRRELL-WESTERN HYDE- 212 PM EDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HYDE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 212 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL TYRRELL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR RURAL NORTHERN HYDE COUNTY AT 230 PM EDT. RURAL SOUTHEASTERN TYRRELL COUNTY AT 240 PM EDT. RURAL NORTHEASTERN HYDE COUNTY AT 250 PM EDT. RURAL EASTERN HYDE COUNTY AT 300 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE ALLIGATOR LAKE...GUM NECK AND KILKENNY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 11
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:16 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 60 min |
| Jun 10, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 43 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.