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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 24, 2012Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 24, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 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 24, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Mar 24, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 531 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

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 24, 3:39 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 3:39 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 3:44 AM EDT, 12 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
344 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-250800-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
344 AM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AT THIS TIME THE BEST CHANCES FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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, Mar 24, 2:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
243 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ098-241930-
ONSLOW-
243 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW COUNTY THROUGH 330
PM EDT...

AT 243 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES
WEST OF HOLLY RIDGE...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF HAMPSTEAD...MOVING
EAST AT 25 MPH.

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

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3446 7754 3447 7757 3448 7759 3471 7768
      3481 7746 3488 7728 3461 7720 3453 7732
      3448 7745 3444 7750 3444 7752
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 254DEG 21KT 3451 7770

2

Special weather statement, Mar 24, 2:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
252 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

NCZ044-079-090>094-098-241930-
CRAVEN-DUPLIN-GREENE-JONES-LENOIR-ONSLOW-PAMLICO-PITT-
252 PM EDT SAT MAR 24 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PAMLICO...CRAVEN...DUPLIN...
ONSLOW...JONES...LENOIR...PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM
EDT...

AT 252 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
TAYLORS CORNER...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALF MOON...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...COMFORT...PHILLIPS
CROSSROADS...TRENTON...COVE CITY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PENNY SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3560 7752 3514 7703 3513 7703 3502 7691
      3502 7693 3505 7696 3505 7698 3507 7700
      3504 7698 3500 7697 3498 7692 3476 7762
      3510 7785
TIME...MOT...LOC 1852Z 234DEG 26KT 3502 7756

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Local storm report, Mar 24, 3:13 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 3:28 PM EDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 24, 4:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 1:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	39 min
Mar 24, 1:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	51 min
Mar 24, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	47 min
Mar 24, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	47 min
Mar 24, 2:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Lenoir	38 min
Mar 24, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	49 min
Mar 24, 3:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones	47 min
Mar 24, 4:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin, Pitt	56 min
Mar 24, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	66 min
Mar 24, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	39 min
Mar 24, 6:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	55 min
Mar 24, 6:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	59 min
Mar 24, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	56 min
Mar 24, 7:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Lenoir	65 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012 Every special weather statement in 2012

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.