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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 22, 2012Beaufort County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT for Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 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 22, 2012, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 55 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 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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-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: 89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 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 22, 3:58 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:58 PM EDT, 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

NCZ095-103-104-231915-
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING
NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT...
...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT.

BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT FOR RIP CURRENTS AND DANGEROUS SHORE
BREAK NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT.

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

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.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ046-047-080-081-092>094-231915-
TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ029-044-045-079-090-091-231915-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ098-231915-
ONSLOW-
305 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON 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.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS 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 22, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
145 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

NCZ090>092-098-221845-
DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-ONSLOW-
145 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN...ONSLOW...JONES AND
LENOIR COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT...

AT 144 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BEULAVILLE TO 7 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF HALF MOON TO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH. DIME-SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS NEAR ROSE
HILL AT 144 PM EDT.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...POTTERS HILL...
LYMAN......CHINQUAPIN...TAYLORS CORNER...PETERSBURG......RICHLANDS.

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

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 3509 7779 3501 7735 3471 7768 3472 7768
      3471 7799 3473 7802 3472 7803 3472 7811
      3471 7813 3472 7816
TIME...MOT...LOC 1744Z 267DEG 10KT 3493 7775 3467 7810

10

Local storm report, May 22, 1:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
147 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0140 PM     HAIL             ROSE HILL               34.83N  78.03W
05/22/2012  E0.75 INCH       DUPLIN             NC   PUBLIC

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY CALLER ON US-117

&&

EVENT NUMBER MHX1200121

ASM

Special weather statement, May 22, 2:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
204 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

NCZ098-221900-
ONSLOW-
204 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM
EDT...

AT 203 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW RIVER AIR STATION TO 12
MILES SOUTHWEST OF DIXON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEW RIVER
AIR STATION TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMPSTEAD...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5
MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...NEW RIVER AIR
STATION...JACKSONVILLE...HAWS RUN.

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

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 3471 7768 3485 7744 3469 7735 3449 7758
TIME...MOT...LOC 1803Z 157DEG 4KT 3470 7746 3448 7764

10

Local storm report, May 22, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
256 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0226 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 NW HALF MOON          34.85N  77.50W
05/22/2012                   ONSLOW             NC   PUBLIC

            TREE DOWN ALONG RHODESTOWN ROAD.

&&

EVENT NUMBER MHX1200122

MELENDEZ

Special weather statement, May 22, 3:25 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

NCZ045-222030-
WASHINGTON-
325 PM EDT TUE MAY 22 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS WASHINGTON COUNTY THROUGH
430 PM EDT...

AT 325 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PLYMOUTH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WESTOVER...ROPER...
PLEASANT GROVE...CENTER OF PHELPS LAKE...SCUPPERNONG...CRESWELL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3598 7638 3593 7637 3591 7638 3586 7635
      3579 7640 3571 7640 3571 7683 3576 7682
      3577 7680 3585 7679 3588 7674 3591 7672
      3594 7665 3595 7652 3599 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 257DEG 11KT 3582 7667

$$ 9

Special weather statement, May 22, 4:05 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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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 21, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	45 min
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, 4:19 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

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.