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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 26, 2012Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2012, 3:02 AM EDT for Hyde 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 26, 2012, 3:02 AM EDT (07:02 UTC)
Expired: Apr 26, 2012, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 26, 3:00 AM EDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:00 AM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 4:20 PM EDT, 10 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
420 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-262030-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
420 PM EDT WED APR 25 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.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE THURSDAY
AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE
FRONT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ095-098-104-262030-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
420 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...

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.

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

   HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE THURSDAY
AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE
FRONT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ103-262030-
OUTER BANKS DARE-
420 PM EDT WED APR 25 2012

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...
...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...

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.

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

   HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK.
   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATE THURSDAY
AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE
FRONT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING... SOME OF WHICH COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 26, 1:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
158 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012

NCZ044-079-080-091>094-260700-
BEAUFORT-CRAVEN-GREENE-JONES-LENOIR-PAMLICO-PITT-
158 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS
PAMLICO...CRAVEN...JONES...BEAUFORT...LENOIR...PITT AND GREENE
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM EDT...

AT 158 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER
HOOKERTON...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTH OF KINSTON...MOVING EAST AT 30
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GRIFTON...QUINERLY...
RIVERSIDE...CALICO...VANCEBORO...ERNUL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3559 7765 3560 7698 3546 7689 3546 7692
      3548 7696 3548 7698 3545 7696 3545 7692
      3543 7688 3530 7679 3513 7708 3524 7771
TIME...MOT...LOC 0558Z 277DEG 26KT 3538 7751

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Special weather statement, Apr 26, 3:02 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
302 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012

NCZ046-080-081-094-260745-
BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-PAMLICO-TYRRELL-
302 AM EDT THU APR 26 2012

...A THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PAMLICO...BEAUFORT...MAINLAND
HYDE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES THROUGH 345 AM EDT...

AT 301 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTH
CREEK...OR ABOUT 19 MILES WEST OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GERMANTOWN...
SWANQUARTER...HYDELAND...NEW HOLLAND.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3532 7616 3536 7625 3530 7627 3539 7634
      3534 7641 3542 7640 3537 7650 3551 7659
      3553 7648 3553 7660 3539 7657 3535 7666
      3531 7647 3521 7648 3519 7679 3538 7675
      3539 7663 3542 7674 3555 7670 3562 7616
TIME...MOT...LOC 0701Z 268DEG 34KT 3534 7662

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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 26, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Lenoir, Pitt	62 min
Apr 26, 4:11 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		39 hr
Apr 26, 5:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin, Washington	54 min

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.