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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 22, 2012Greene County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 22, 2012, 5:36 PM EDT for Greene County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2012, 6:15 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Greene County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 105 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, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 3:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes 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

Local storm report, May 22, 4:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 4:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 4:41 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 4:58 PM EDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 22, 5:34 PM EDT, 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 22, 5:36 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, 4:05 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, 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, 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.