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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, 9:30 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Duplin County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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, 6:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 21, 6:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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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, 3:51 PM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
351 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
NCZ093-095-212030-
CARTERET-CRAVEN-
351 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAVEN AND CARTERET
COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT...
AT 351 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
CAMP BRYAN...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWPORT...STATIONARY.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CAMP BRYAN......ELLIS
LAKE.
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.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3479 7715 3480 7715 3480 7709 3482 7707
3482 7705 3483 7705 3483 7711 3493 7711
3502 7699 3482 7683 3469 7699
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 136DEG 1KT 3482 7698
11Special weather statement, May 21, 6:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 600 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 NCZ092-098-212230- JONES-ONSLOW- 600 PM EDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW AND JONES COUNTIES THROUGH 630 PM EDT... AT 600 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF COMFORT...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTH OF HALF MOON...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...COMFORT...PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...TRENTON. 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. 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. && LAT...LON 3515 7752 3510 7723 3487 7738 3491 7754 TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 194DEG 8KT 3492 7745 DAG
Special weather statement, May 21, 9:30 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:52 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 16 hr | |
| May 22, 12:21 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 54 min |
| May 22, 12:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 65 min |
| May 22, 12:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 57 min |
| May 22, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 54 min |
| May 22, 1:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 60 min |
| May 22, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 40 min |
| May 22, 2:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 56 min |
| May 22, 2:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 43 min |
| May 22, 2:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Onslow | 43 min |
| May 22, 3:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 65 min |
| May 22, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 55 min |
| May 22, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 41 min |
| May 22, 4:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 64 min |
| May 22, 4:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 62 min |
| May 22, 5:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene | 39 min |
| May 22, 6:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 41 min |
| May 22, 7:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin, Pitt | 42 min |
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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.