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Special Marine Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special marine warning at May 2, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT. It was in force for 45 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
- May 2, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2012, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at May 2, 7:36 PM EDT, 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:36 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 736 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST THROUGH LATE WEEK. A BACKDOOR FRONT EXPECTED TO BRIEFLY PUSH INTO PORTIONS OF THE AREA THURSDAY BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTH EARLY FRIDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA LATE IN THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BRIEFLY IN FROM THE NORTH MONDAY THEN A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH THROUGH THE REGION ON TUESDAY. A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST ON WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... AS OF 735 PM WED...CONVECTION OVER THE CENTRAL PAMLICO SOUND COUNTIES EXTENDING INTO THE SOUND AND ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS CONTINUES MOVING SOUTHEAST AND WEAKENING. ONLY OTHER STORMS UPSTREAM ARE ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA INTO NORTHWEST NC. BASED ON THIS I HAVE CUT BACK POPS ALL AREAS TO SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH LOWS AROUND 65-70F. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM THURSDAY/... AS OF 230 PM WED...THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BUILDS N TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY ON THU WHICH WILL DEFLECT SHORTWAVES NORTH OF THE REGION...HOWEVER A FRONT CURRENTLY STALLED OFF THE VA COAST IS PROGGED TO PUSH INTO ERN NC AND STALL ACROSS THE INNER BANKS DURING THE AFTERNOON. WITH A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUING ACROSS THE REGION ADDED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT COULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. SHEAR WILL BE WEAK TO NON EXISTENT SO EXPECTING MAINLY PULSE TYPE STORMS. SOME STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG BUT SEVERE POTENTIAL LOOKS RATHER LIMITED. IT WILL BE ANOTHER HOT DAY WITH LOW LEVEL THICKNESSES INCREASING TO AROUND 1415-1420M AND EXPECT HIGHS REACH THE L90S INLAND. TEMPS ALONG THE COAST A BIT TRICKIER ESPECIALLY ALONG THE NRN OBX WHERE TIMING OF THE WEAK FRONT AND ELY WIND SHIFT AND IS REFLECTED BY A WIDE RANGE IN TEMPS IN MOS GUIDANCE HERE. PRESENT THINKING IS THAT TEMPS WILL WARM TO THE L/M80S LATE MORNING BEFORE THE FRONT PUSHES IN WITH TEMPS FALLING INTO THE 70S DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS ALONG THE COAST S OF OREGON INLET EXPECTED IN THE M/U70S TO M80S CRYSTAL COAST. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... STRONG UPPER RIDGE OVER THE SE STATES TO BEGIN THE LONG TERM WILL BE GRADUALLY BEATEN DOWN AND SHUNTED SOUTH AND WEST AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY RIDES SE IN THE DEVELOPING NW FLOW ALOFT. THE MAIN STORY GOING INTO THE WEEKEND WILL BE A CONTINUATION OF THE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES WITH HIGHS AROUND 90F INLAND (AND MILD OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE 60S) LIKELY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE AREA WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO BOUTS OF STRONG CONVECTION IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH SHORT WAVES MOVING THRU THE NW FLOW. HAVE KEPT POPS IN THE SLIGHT CHANCE RANGE TO ACCOUNT FOR ANY ACTIVITY BUT TIMING AND PLACEMENT OF MCS EVOLUTIONS ARE DIFFICULT AT THIS TIME RANGE SO CONFIDENCE IS LOWER THAN NORMAL. FRONTAL BNDRY WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY SOUTH THRU THE AREA LATE SATURDAY THRU SUNDAY. TIMING IS SOMEWHAT QUESTIONABLE GIVEN THE MODEL DIVERSITY SO WILL CONTINUE A GENERIC SLIGHT CHANCE POP FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND FOR NOW UNTIL BETTER RESOLUTION OF FROPA AND PCPN TIMING CAN BE RESOLVED. TEMPS SHUD NOT BE AS WARM SUNDAY (WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOUD COVER/PCPN AND INCOMING FRONT) POSSIBLY RANGING FROM THE LOW TO MID 70S NE TO MID 80S SW. A TEMPORARY REPRIEVE TO THE WARM AND UNSETTLED PATTERN MAY BE IN STORE MONDAY AS SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM THE NORTH PUSHES THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BNDRY FARTHER TO THE SW. HOWEVER PCPN CHANCES AND A RETURN TO WARMER TEMPS WILL BE THE TREND FOR TUE/WED AS THE FRONT PUSHES BACK NORTH AND A MOIST SW FLOW DEVELOPS BY MIDWEEK. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 735 PM WED...GENERALLY VFR CONTINUES TONIGHT THOUGH CANNOT RULE OUT PATCHY FOG IN AREAS WHERE SHOWERS OCCUR. AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDS ALOFT THU DEFLECTING SHORTWAVES NWD...HOWEVER LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ALONG A WEAK FRONT EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO THE REGION MAY PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR A FEW STORMS TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... OUTSIDE ANY EARLY MORNING FOG AND/OR ISOLATED MAINLY LATE AFTN/EARLY EVE CONVECTION...MAINLY VFR EXPECTED THRU SAT. SHOWERS AND TSTMS MAY BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS A FRONT PUSHES SOUTH THRU THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR SUB-VFR CONDITIONS DURING THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRES BUILDS IN MONDAY FOR A RETURN TO IMPROVED FLYING CONDITIONS EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 735 PM WED...HIGH PRES CONTINUES OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST BRINGING W/SW FLOW AROUND 10-15KT THROUGH TONIGHT. SEAS WILL CONTINUE AROUND 2-4 FT THROUGH TONIGHT. A WEAK BACKDOOR FRONT PUSHES DROPS INTO THE REGION AND STALLS THU WITH LIGHT E/NELY FLOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE NRN WATERS AND ALBEMARLE SOUND AND POSSIBLY A LITTLE FARTHER SOUTH. SWLY FLOW AOB 15 KT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE S OF CAPE HATTERAS. SEAS GENERALLY 2-3 FT THU. LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/.. AFTER A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH OF THE AREA THU NIGHT...LIGHT TO MODERATE SW FLOW AND SUB-SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE THRU SAT. COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH THRU THE MARINE AREA SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH A MODERATE POST FRONTAL NE SURGE DEVELOPING. SEAS MAY BUILD TO NEAR 6 FT LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK OVER THE OUTER COASTAL WATERS IN THE LONG FETCH. OTHERWISE EXPECT WINDS TO REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY THRESHOLDS THRU MONDAY. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BTC/SK NEAR TERM...HSA/SK SHORT TERM...SK LONG TERM...CGG/BTC AVIATION...HSA/SK/BTC MARINE...HSA/SK/BTC
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 3:28 AM EDT, 16 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 328 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-091>094-103-104-030800- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE- OUTER BANKS HYDE- 328 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE WITH THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ090-095-098-030800- DUPLIN-CARTERET-ONSLOW- 328 AM EDT WED MAY 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. 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, May 2, 6:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
629 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
NCZ080-081-022315-
BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-
629 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BEAUFORT AND MAINLAND HYDE
COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM EDT...
AT 627 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF PANTEGO TO PANTEGO TO
BELHAVEN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH
TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH TO 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF SWANQUARTER...
MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
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 3569 7667 3553 7656 3554 7657 3551 7663
3545 7660 3543 7658 3551 7659 3551 7654
3539 7643 3537 7648 3544 7656 3535 7666
3534 7661 3533 7668 3539 7664 3541 7667
3536 7669 3569 7681
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 343DEG 27KT 3563 7675 3560 7670
3551 7660
10Special weather statement, May 2, 6:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 2, 7:15 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
715 PM EDT WED MAY 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 PM HAIL 3 NW SWINDELL FORK 35.48N 76.32W
05/02/2012 E1.00 INCH OUTER BANKS HYDE NC PUBLIC
QUARTER SIZE HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF PINEY WOOD
RD AND TURNPIKE RD.
&&
EVENT NUMBER MHX1200104
PAGANOSpecial weather statement, May 2, 7:18 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
718 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
NCZ103-104-030000-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
718 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS OUTER BANKS DARE AND OUTER
BANKS HYDE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...
AT 718 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTH OF HATTERAS
TO 9 MILES NORTH OF HATTERAS TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HATTERAS...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES EAST OF ENGELHARD TO 9 MILES
NORTH OF HATTERAS TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF HATTERAS...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...HATTERAS...FRISCO...
BUXTON...AVON......CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
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 3521 7553 3523 7555 3523 7559 3517 7577
3518 7581 3521 7577 3520 7575 3521 7571
3524 7569 3523 7567 3523 7564 3527 7560
3528 7553 3544 7550 3545 7548 3539 7548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 285DEG 17KT 3543 7577 3534 7573
3526 7579
10Local storm report, May 2, 7:29 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
729 PM EDT WED MAY 02 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0634 PM HAIL SIXTH SIDING 35.67N 76.66W
05/02/2012 E0.88 INCH BEAUFORT NC BROADCAST MEDIA
NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF PIKE
ROAD AND CANDY FIELD ROAD
&&
EVENT NUMBER MHX1200105
PAGANOSpecial weather statement, May 2, 7:36 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
736 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
NCZ080-081-030015-
BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-
736 PM EDT WED MAY 2 2012
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BEAUFORT AND MAINLAND HYDE
COUNTIES THROUGH 815 PM EDT...
AT 733 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF PIKE ROAD
TO PANTEGO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES SOUTH OF
PLYMOUTH TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT
RECEIVED HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM STORMS BETWEEN 600 PM AND 700 PM EDT.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...BELHAVEN...
WINSTEADVILLE...PUNGO...PIKE ROAD...LEECHVILLE...LEECHVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 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.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL 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 3570 7663 3563 7643 3540 7628 3541 7640
3542 7640 3543 7655 3545 7657 3549 7657
3551 7659 3551 7649 3553 7648 3553 7662
3551 7663 3548 7659 3544 7659 3544 7666
3571 7679
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 294DEG 12KT 3569 7672 3558 7662
10The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 8:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 32 min |
| May 2, 9:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.