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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 21, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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
- Mar 21, 2012, 4:22 PM EDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Pitt County, NC
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The text
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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 Mar 21, 4:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 4:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 327 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-220900- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 327 AM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. .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
Local storm report, Mar 21, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
336 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012
NCZ044-212015-
PITT-
336 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PITT COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM
EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
GREENVILLE...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WINTERVILLE...
BRUCE...BELL ARTHUR.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA 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 3567 7766 3573 7733 3556 7726 3546 7749
3550 7751 3552 7751 3552 7752 3553 7753
3553 7756 3557 7759 3557 7761 3558 7763
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 070DEG 5KT 3561 7740
5Special weather statement, Mar 21, 4:05 PM EDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 405 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 NCZ090>092-212045- DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR- 405 PM EDT WED MAR 21 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN...JONES AND LENOIR COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 404 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER DEEP RUN...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF KINSTON. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DEEP RUN...... PLEASANT HILL. 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 3520 7763 3503 7750 3496 7775 3513 7783 TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 246DEG 1KT 3508 7769 5
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 60 min |
| Mar 21, 12:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 55 min |
| Mar 21, 1:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 60 min |
| Mar 21, 2:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 65 min |
| Mar 21, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 43 min |
| Mar 21, 3:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 39 min |
| Mar 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 40 min |
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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.