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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 25, 2012Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 25, 2012, 5:07 AM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 25, 2012, 5:07 AM EDT (09:07 UTC)
Expired: Mar 25, 2012, 6:00 AM EDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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: 1048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 513 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.2

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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 25, 4:17 AM EDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 4:17 AM EDT, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 3:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-260800-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
358 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS
WILL PRODUCE HAIL...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. THE STORMS WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO JUST SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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 25, 12:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1235 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

NCZ090-250515-
DUPLIN-
1235 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN COUNTY THROUGH 115
AM EDT...

AT 1235 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES WEST OF ROSE HILL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLACE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROSE HILL...
MAGNOLIA...GREENEVERS...KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE...KORNEGAY......
POTTERS HILL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZED HAIL.
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.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 7815 3508 7816 3510 7818 3512 7817
      3517 7784 3491 7768 3472 7804 3472 7811
      3471 7813 3477 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 231DEG 29KT 3482 7808

DAG

Special weather statement, Mar 25, 5:07 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
507 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

NCZ047-103-251000-
MAINLAND DARE-OUTER BANKS DARE-
507 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

...HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS OUTER BANKS DARE...MAINLAND DARE AND
CURRITUCK COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM EDT...

AT 503 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
WANCHESE...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANNS HARBOR...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SOUTHERN
SHORES...KILL DEVIL HILLS...NAGS HEAD...WANCHESE...RODANTHE...STUMPY
POINT...SALVO...WAVES...BUXTON...FRISCO...AND CAPE HATTERAS.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THESE STORMS 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 3521 7553 3562 7573 3557 7583 3589 7594
      3596 7596 3598 7586 3591 7562 3600 7574
      3623 7580 3567 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0903Z 234DEG 25KT 3576 7546

DAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 24, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin, Pitt	63 min
Mar 24, 8:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	56 min
Mar 24, 9:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	46 min
Mar 25, 12:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	40 min
Mar 25, 9:30 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		60 hr
Mar 25, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	47 min
Mar 25, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	40 min
Mar 25, 2:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Jones, Onslow	46 min
Mar 25, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Lenoir	45 min
Mar 25, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	44 min
Mar 25, 3:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	39 min
Mar 25, 3:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pamlico	32 min
Mar 25, 4:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	59 min
Mar 25, 4:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	40 min
Mar 25, 4:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	38 min
Mar 25, 4:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		66 min
Mar 25, 4:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	46 min
Mar 25, 5:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde, Washington	58 min
Mar 25, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones	54 min
Mar 25, 5:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Lenoir	23 min
Mar 25, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	44 min
Mar 25, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	50 min
Mar 25, 5:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	47 min
Mar 25, 5:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	45 min
Mar 25, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	48 min
Mar 25, 6:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	43 min
Mar 25, 6:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	44 min
Mar 25, 7:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	54 min
Mar 25, 7:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico	48 min
Mar 25, 7:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Duplin	3 hr

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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.