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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 5, 2012Lenoir County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2012, 1:20 AM EDT for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 5, 2012, 1:20 AM EDT (05:20 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Lenoir County, NC

The radar

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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, 10:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 10:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 9:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
940 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-060145-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
940 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

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

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, Apr 4, 11:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1141 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

NCZ044-079-091-050445-
GREENE-LENOIR-PITT-
1141 PM EDT WED APR 4 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS LENOIR...PITT AND GREENE
COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM EDT...

AT 1141 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FALKLAND TO 19 MILES WEST
OF SHINE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF FARMVILLE
TO 9 MILES WEST OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...WALSTONBURG...
BRUCE...CASTORIA...STOKES...LA GRANGE...MOSS HILL.

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

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

THIS STORM 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 3538 7781 3557 7783 3578 7750 3578 7726
      3577 7726 3576 7721 3574 7719 3564 7717
      3557 7711 3538 7745 3535 7739 3530 7745
      3525 7743 3523 7747 3524 7752 3516 7751
      3507 7761 3501 7773 3512 7775 3518 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0341Z 270DEG 27KT 3573 7754 3540 7812

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Special weather statement, Apr 5, 1:20 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
120 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012

NCZ090>092-098-050600-
DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-ONSLOW-
120 AM EDT THU APR 5 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN...ONSLOW...JONES AND
LENOIR COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EDT...

AT 121 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF BEAUTANCUS...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW...
MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...KORNEGAY...
ALBERTSON......KORNEGAY...PINK HILL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3517 7805 3518 7797 3517 7797 3517 7792
      3515 7790 3517 7789 3518 7784 3519 7784
      3524 7749 3497 7747 3499 7803
TIME...MOT...LOC 0521Z 266DEG 14KT 3508 7792

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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
Apr 4, 8:47 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		22 hr
Apr 4, 10:43 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		13 hr
Apr 4, 11:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	64 min
Apr 5, 4:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	27 min
Apr 5, 4:56 AM EDT	Gale Watch	MHX		11 hr
Apr 5, 2:46 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MHX	Pamlico	33 hr
Apr 5, 2:46 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	MHX		21 hr
Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MHX		31 hr
Apr 5, 3:35 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		54 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.