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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 23, 2012Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 23, 2012, 3:20 PM EDT for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 23, 2012, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
Expired: May 23, 2012, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 83 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: 1227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.7

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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 23, 11:20 AM EDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:20 AM EDT, 4 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 2:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
202 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

NCZ103-104-241815-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
202 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 292 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...
...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.
   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NCZ095-241815-
CARTERET-
202 PM EDT WED MAY 23 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 STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE
EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NCZ046-047-080-081-092>094-241815-
TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
202 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 292 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NCZ029-044-045-079-090-091-098-241815-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-ONSLOW-
202 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 292 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 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.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
AND LARGE HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 2:34 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
234 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

NCZ080-081-231915-
BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-
234 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS BEAUFORT AND MAINLAND HYDE
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT...

AT 234 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
PAMLICO BEACH...OR ABOUT 12 MILES WEST OF SWANQUARTER...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GERMANTOWN...
SLADESVILLE...ROSE BAY.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

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 3534 7638 3536 7643 3538 7642 3538 7638
      3543 7640 3538 7643 3539 7647 3537 7648
      3544 7657 3539 7657 3544 7671 3552 7663
      3544 7659 3547 7656 3552 7659 3552 7648
      3553 7661 3564 7650 3559 7631 3548 7620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1834Z 231DEG 10KT 3538 7653

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Local storm report, May 23, 2:56 PM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
256 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

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

0250 PM     HAIL             SLADESVILLE             35.46N  76.47W
05/23/2012  E0.25 INCH       HYDE               NC   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER MHX1200127

BTC

Special weather statement, May 23, 3:20 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
320 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

NCZ081-232000-
MAINLAND HYDE-
320 PM EDT WED MAY 23 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM EDT...

AT 320 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
SWANQUARTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ROSE BAY...
SWANQUARTER...SWINDELL FORK...HYDELAND.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HALF INCH DIAMETER SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.

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 3538 7617 3534 7630 3539 7634 3534 7634
      3533 7638 3534 7639 3533 7641 3536 7643
      3538 7642 3538 7638 3540 7641 3543 7640
      3538 7643 3539 7647 3537 7646 3539 7652
      3541 7653 3560 7618 3548 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 242DEG 10KT 3538 7638

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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 23, 1:51 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		39 min
May 23, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	40 min
May 23, 3:34 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		41 min
May 23, 4:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		60 min
May 23, 5:05 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		55 min
May 23, 5:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		53 min
May 23, 5:46 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	44 min
May 23, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 min
May 23, 6:45 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		45 min
May 23, 6:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	35 min
May 23, 7:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		38 min
May 23, 7:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	35 min
May 23, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	41 min
May 23, 2:43 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		32 min
May 23, 4:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pitt	43 min
May 23, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pitt	41 min
May 23, 5:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Pitt	46 min
May 23, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Pitt	83 min
May 23, 6:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Pitt	44 min
May 23, 6:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Pitt, Washington	46 min
May 23, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Pitt	51 min
May 23, 6:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Martin, Pitt	79 min
May 23, 6:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Pitt	46 min
May 23, 7:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin, Pitt	58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.