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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2011, 4:29 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Oct 13, 2011, 4:29 PM EDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2011, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Counties Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1553 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Oct 13, 3:31 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 3:31 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 416 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-140815- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 416 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ103-104-140815- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 416 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-140815- CARTERET- 416 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ098-140815- ONSLOW- 416 AM EDT THU OCT 13 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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, Oct 13, 12:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1243 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
NCZ090-091-131745-
DUPLIN-LENOIR-
1243 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN AND LENOIR COUNTIES
THROUGH 145 PM EDT...
AT 1243 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT
8 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CHINQUAPIN...
BEULAVILLE...POTTERS HILL...KORNEGAY...PINK HILL...ALBERTSON.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3532 7773 3521 7752 3516 7751 3507 7761
3501 7773 3497 7768 3494 7767 3471 7787
3471 7790 3480 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 212DEG 22KT 3483 7792
5Local storm report, Oct 13, 1:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
134 PM EDT THU OCT 13 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0116 PM HAIL BEULAVILLE 34.92N 77.77W
10/13/2011 E1.75 INCH DUPLIN NC POST OFFICE
POST OFFICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED APPROX. GOLF SIZE HAIL.
&&
EVENT NUMBER MHX1100415
MELENDEZSpecial weather statement, Oct 13, 2:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 4:00 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 41 hr | |
| Oct 13, 12:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 62 min |
| Oct 13, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 48 min |
| Oct 13, 1:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 2:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 58 min |
| Oct 13, 2:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir, Pitt | 53 min |
| Oct 13, 3:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Washington | 57 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.