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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 4, 2012Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT for Martin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 4, 2012, 6:47 PM EDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Martin County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 103 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 420 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
903 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 4, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
233 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-103-104-051845-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-OUTER BANKS DARE-
OUTER BANKS HYDE-
233 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 140 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SEVERE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

NCZ095-098-051845-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-
233 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SEVERE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:06 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
606 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

NCZ044-079-091-042300-
GREENE-LENOIR-PITT-
606 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS LENOIR...PITT AND GREENE
COUNTIES THROUGH 700 PM EDT...

AT 606 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES
NORTH OF LINDELL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WALSTONBURG......
FOUNTAIN...CASTORIA...FARMVILLE......LIZZIE...BELL ARTHUR.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 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 3571 7761 3563 7723 3530 7746 3552 7783
      3557 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 290DEG 20KT 3566 7783

31/5
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:26 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
626 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

NCZ029-045-042330-
MARTIN-WASHINGTON-
626 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON AND MARTIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 626 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
JAMESVILLE...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF WILLIAMSTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
INCLUDE...DARDENS...PLYMOUTH...HINSON...ROPER.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 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 3586 7703 3587 7700 3590 7695 3590 7692
      3586 7689 3582 7689 3585 7684 3589 7683
      3589 7681 3587 7678 3589 7673 3589 7660
      3570 7667 3570 7686 3575 7713 3591 7707
      3591 7702
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 275DEG 34KT 3583 7695
Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:32 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
632 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

NCZ079-091-042330-
GREENE-LENOIR-
632 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LENOIR AND GREENE COUNTIES
THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 632 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES NORTH OF SHINE TO
12 MILES WEST OF SHINE TO 24 MILES WEST OF SHINE...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES WEST OF FARMVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF
GOLDSBORO TO 15 MILES WEST OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SHINE...ARBA......
JASON...INSTITUTE...DAWSON......LA GRANGE...FALLING CREEK......
GRAINGERS...KINSTON.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 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 3534 7783 3537 7781 3540 7781 3543 7783
      3551 7783 3550 7780 3544 7769 3529 7746
      3517 7760 3515 7778 3518 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 311DEG 19KT 3552 7778 3545 7799
          3543 7821

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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
647 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

NCZ029-080-042330-
BEAUFORT-MARTIN-
647 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS BEAUFORT AND MARTIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...

AT 647 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BEARGRASS...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMSTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SMITHWICK...OLD FORD.

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 3575 7711 3571 7696 3567 7689 3555 7713
      3558 7711 3560 7715 3562 7714 3564 7717
      3568 7717 3570 7719 3571 7719 3572 7717
      3575 7719 3578 7714
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 332DEG 15KT 3573 7714

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 6:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Pitt54 min
Apr 4, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin64 min
Apr 4, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir58 min
Apr 4, 7:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene28 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every 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.