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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 4, 2012Greene County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 4, 2012, 7:02 PM EDT for Greene County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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, 7:02 PM EDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Greene County, NC

The radar

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The text

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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 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 3:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 2:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 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, 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:26 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 4, 6:32 PM EDT, 30 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, 15 minutes before
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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, 6:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin43 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.