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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 21, 2012, 1:59 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 21, 2012, 1:59 PM EDT (17:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 3:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Tyrrell County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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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</html>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 21, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 12:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 5:19 AM EDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 NCZ103-220930- OUTER BANKS DARE- 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WELL TO THE SOUTH IS FORECAST TO MOVE WELL OFF OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE BIGGEST IMPACT WILL BE AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-104-220930- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WELL TO THE SOUTH IS FORECAST TO MOVE WELL OFF OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE BIGGEST IMPACT WILL BE AN ENHANCED RIP CURRENT RISK NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ046-047-080-081-093-094-098-220930- TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. INSERT TEXT HERE.THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ029-044-045-079-090>092-220930- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES- 519 AM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 21, 1:59 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
159 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
NCZ045-046-211900-
TYRRELL-WASHINGTON-
159 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON AND TYRRELL
COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT...
AT 157 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTH OF LEVELS...OR ABOUT 26 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EDENTON...DRIFTING
SLOWLY NORTH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LEVELS......COLUMBIA.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
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.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
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LAT...LON 3579 7610 3579 7611 3577 7611 3577 7612
3572 7630 3582 7637 3587 7635 3588 7637
3592 7638 3594 7636 3600 7615
TIME...MOT...LOC 1757Z 160DEG 1KT 3583 7624
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 3:30 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 27 hr | |
| May 21, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 39 min |
| May 21, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones | 30 min |
| May 21, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 39 min |
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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.