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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 1, 2012Craven County, Onslow County, Pamlico County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 1, 2012, 2:33 AM EDT for Craven County, Onslow County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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: Apr 1, 2012, 2:33 AM EDT (06:33 UTC)
Expired: Apr 1, 2012, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Craven County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 305 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: 372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

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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 Apr 1, 1:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 1:26 AM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 4:52 AM EDT, 21 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 12:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 1:03 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 1, 1:07 AM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 1, 1:47 AM EDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
147 AM EDT SUN APR 01 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0144 AM     HAIL             LA GRANGE               35.31N  77.79W
04/01/2012  E0.25 INCH       LENOIR             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN LA GRANGE

&&

EVENT NUMBER MHX1200097

JME

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 1:50 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
150 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2012

NCZ079-091>093-010630-
CRAVEN-GREENE-JONES-LENOIR-
150 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAVEN...JONES...LENOIR AND
GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 AM EDT...

AT 150 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAINGERS TO DEEP RUN...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AYDEN TO 12 MILES
SOUTH OF LA GRANGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

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

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3565 7770 3551 7751 3535 7742
      3533 7735 3540 7723 3524 7690 3515 7698
      3508 7694 3507 7700 3504 7698 3484 7720
      3493 7727 3491 7737 3503 7775 3517 7782
      3537 7760 3535 7767 3537 7780 3542 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0550Z 299DEG 32KT 3538 7742 3511 7770

AUSTIN

Special weather statement, Apr 1, 2:33 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
233 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2012

NCZ092>095-098-010715-
CARTERET-CRAVEN-JONES-ONSLOW-PAMLICO-
233 AM EDT SUN APR 1 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PAMLICO...CRAVEN...ONSLOW...
JONES AND CARTERET COUNTIES THROUGH 315 AM EDT...

AT 232 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM SPRING HOPE TO CATHERINE LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
HALF MOON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3475 7769 3529 7694 3510 7656 3497 7677
      3496 7680 3507 7700 3498 7693 3492 7676
      3500 7669 3499 7659 3505 7648 3506 7648
      3499 7638 3477 7673 3471 7676 3469 7698
      3470 7678 3469 7680 3464 7711 3454 7731
TIME...MOT...LOC 0632Z 304DEG 27KT 3519 7690 3476 7752

AUSTIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 8:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin, Washington	57 min
Mar 31, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	54 min
Mar 31, 10:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pitt	59 min
Mar 31, 11:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	55 min
Apr 1, 12:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Jones	40 min
Apr 1, 1:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Pamlico	42 min
Apr 1, 1:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Lenoir	38 min
Apr 1, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir	40 min
Apr 1, 7:20 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		37 hr

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.