Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 2009, 1:09 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
- Aug 2, 2009, 1:09 PM EDT (17:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2009, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 1713 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
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 Aug 2, 10:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 10:47 AM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:36 AM EDT, 7 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 536 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-098-030945- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- 536 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NCZ095-103-104-030945- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 536 AM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. IN ADDITION...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THE STORMS...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:36 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1236 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 NCZ079-090-091-021730- DUPLIN-LENOIR-GREENE- 1236 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT GREENE...LENOIR AND DUPLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM EDT... AT 1234 PM EDT...THERE WAS A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 19 MILES NORTHWEST OF LA GRANGE TO 30 MILES WEST OF WARSAW...OR FROM 12 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSBORO TO 30 MILES WEST OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LA GRANGE AT 120 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE FAISON...DEEP RUN...SNOW HILL. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH IN AN HOUR 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 TREES...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. 8
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:00 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 100 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 NCZ029-044-021800- MARTIN-PITT- 100 PM EDT SUN AUG 2 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT AND MARTIN COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM EDT... AT 100 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FARMVILLE AT 115 PM EDT...BELL ARTHUR AT 120 PM EDT...BRUCE AT 125 PM EDT...GREENVILLE AT 130 PM EDT...HOUSE AT 135 PM EDT... STATON AT 140 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BETHEL...ROBERSONVILLE...WILLIAMSTON...WINTERVILLE... PACTOLUS...ROUNDTREE...SMITHWICK...STOKES AND BELLS FORK. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH IN AN HOUR 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 TREES...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. 8
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 2:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Jones | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 95 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009
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.