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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 5, 2012Beaufort County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 5, 2012, 7:23 PM EDT for Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 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, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2012, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Beaufort County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2012-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 918 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 2012-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
918 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 May 5, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 4:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 5, 4:02 AM EDT, 15 hours 21 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, 43 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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Special weather statement, May 5, 7:23 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
723 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

NCZ029-080-081-060030-
BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-MARTIN-
723 PM EDT SAT MAY 5 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS BEAUFORT...MAINLAND HYDE AND
MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

AT 723 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OLD FORD TO PINETOWN TO
LEECHVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF
WASHINGTON TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RIVER ROAD TO 19 MILES NORTHWEST
OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OLD FORD...WALLA
WATTA...BELHAVEN...SLATESTONE...YEATESVILLE...SCRANTON.

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 3564 7653 3537 7621 3538 7639 3541 7640
      3542 7640 3539 7643 3539 7653 3551 7659
      3551 7649 3553 7648 3552 7656 3553 7660
      3551 7663 3548 7659 3544 7660 3540 7658
      3549 7693 3569 7715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 315DEG 9KT 3567 7709 3560 7687
          3558 7656

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 8:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Pitt56 min
May 5, 2:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare59 min
May 5, 3:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX48 min
May 5, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico50 min
May 5, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX32 min
May 5, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 min
May 5, 7:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Greene, Lenoir27 min
May 5, 7:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico54 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.