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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 5, 2012Pamlico County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2012, 6:40 PM EDT for Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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: May 5, 2012, 6:40 PM EDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2012, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 5, 4:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 4:02 AM EDT, 14 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
402 AM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-060815-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
402 AM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND
LINGER INTO THE EVENING. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE
WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 6:40 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
640 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

NCZ080-094-052330-
BEAUFORT-PAMLICO-
640 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

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

AT 640 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MARIBEL...OR ABOUT 19 MILES EAST OF JAMES CITY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MERRITT...FLORENCE...
WHORTONSVILLE...PAMLICO.

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 3512 7682 3525 7670 3520 7659 3519 7659
      3517 7661 3517 7662 3516 7660 3518 7659
      3518 7657 3515 7653 3511 7655 3509 7658
      3507 7659 3503 7667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 308DEG 5KT 3514 7668

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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
May 4, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	56 min
May 5, 2:31 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	59 min
May 5, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 min
May 5, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		32 min
May 5, 7:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		42 min
May 5, 7:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	67 min
May 5, 7:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Lenoir	27 min
May 5, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pamlico	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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.