Alert archive / North Carolina / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011
Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this areal flood warning at Jul 7, 2011, 9:47 PM EDT for Greene County, North Carolina. It was in force for 118 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 7, 2011, 9:47 PM EDT (01:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2011, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Greene County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 2652 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 591 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood warning went out at Jul 7, 7:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 4:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 406 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011 NCZ029-044>046-079>081-094-082015- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-PAMLICO- 406 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...AND A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-103-104-082015- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 406 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...AND A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ047-090>093-082015- MAINLAND DARE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN- 406 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT FRIDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...AND A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ098-082015- ONSLOW- 406 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011 ...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EDT FRIDAY... ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...AND A FEW STORMS WILL BE STRONG. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. AIR QUALITY ALERT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SLOW MOVING STORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:24 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
424 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011
NCZ090-092-072115-
DUPLIN-JONES-
424 PM EDT THU JUL 7 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN AND JONES COUNTIES
THROUGH 515 PM EDT...
AT 424 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GREENEVERS...
BEULAVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.
&&
LAT...LON 3516 7796 3504 7775 3502 7775 3501 7773
3502 7771 3501 7770 3472 7786 3471 7799
3473 7801 3472 7805 3476 7814
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 208DEG 19KT 3478 7794
AUSTINSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 6:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Greene | 93 min |
| Jul 8, 5:04 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| Jul 8, 5:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 5:41 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 49 min |
| Jul 8, 8:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 11:09 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 12:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 60 min |
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Areal Flood Warnings in North Carolina, 2011Every areal flood warning in 2011
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.