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Dense Smoke Advisory 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 8, 20115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this dense smoke advisory at May 8, 2011, 11:51 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at May 9, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2011, 11:51 PM EDT (03:51 UTC)
In effect from
May 9, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
May 9, 2011, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 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 office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 4:04 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX7 days

Nearby

Dense Smoke Advisories in North Carolina, 2011Every dense smoke advisory 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.