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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 5, 2011Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2011, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Onslow County, NC

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 3:14 PM EDT, 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:14 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 3:33 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:28 PM EDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
328 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011

NCZ045-046-052030-
TYRRELL-WASHINGTON-
328 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON AND TYRRELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...

AT 328 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CRESWELL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDENTON...MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WOODLEY...COLUMBIA...
LEVELS.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

BOATERS ON THE OPEN WATER AND THOSE CAMPING OUTDOORS ARE ESPECIALLY
VULNERABLE TO THE DANGERS OF LIGHTNING. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR. THOSE CAMPING SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR
VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3579 7613 3582 7641 3595 7644 3596 7637
      3594 7636 3595 7635 3595 7633 3597 7629
      3600 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 263DEG 9KT 3588 7637

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:39 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011

NCZ098-052045-
ONSLOW-
339 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW COUNTY THROUGH 445
PM EDT...

AT 338 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FOLKSTONE...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FOLKSTONE...HOLLY
RIDGE...DIXON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. MANY LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF
YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS TAKE COVER IN A VEHICLE.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.

&&

LAT...LON 3446 7754 3447 7757 3448 7758 3459 7763
      3460 7763 3465 7749 3453 7738 3445 7753
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 240DEG 4KT 3455 7756

DAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 8:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin, Pitt	63 min
Jul 4, 8:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Currituck	54 min
Jul 4, 9:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Martin, Pitt	59 min
Jul 4, 9:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt	55 min
Jul 4, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	57 min
Jul 5, 2:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	58 min
Jul 5, 3:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	51 min
Jul 5, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	62 min
Jul 5, 3:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	55 min
Jul 5, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	65 min
Jul 5, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pamlico	64 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		47 min
Jul 5, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	56 min
Jul 5, 4:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	58 min
Jul 5, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	54 min
Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		50 min
Jul 5, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	58 min
Jul 5, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	55 min
Jul 5, 5:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	66 min
Jul 5, 6:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Duplin	84 min
Jul 5, 6:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	85 min
Jul 5, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	76 min
Jul 5, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.