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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 30, 20124 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2012, 6:47 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 88 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 30, 2012, 6:47 AM EDT (10:47 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2012, 8:15 AM EDT
In force: 88 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 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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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 30, 3:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 3:48 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:51 AM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
351 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

NCZ095-098-104-310900-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
351 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...

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.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT.

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

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

   BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-310900-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
351 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...FLOOD WATCH 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.

   FLOOD WATCH.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ103-310900-
OUTER BANKS DARE-
351 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM NOON EDT TODAY 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.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT.
   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

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

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

   BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 6:47 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
647 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

NCZ090>092-098-301215-
DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-ONSLOW-
647 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...LINE OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN...ONSLOW...JONES AND
LENOIR COUNTIES THROUGH 815 AM EDT...

AT 644 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF MAGNOLIA TO 21 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...MAGNOLIA...HAWS
RUN...WARSAW...DUCK CREEK...CATHERINE LAKE...BEAUTANCUS.

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 3448 7758 3472 7768 3472 7804 3480 7818
      3490 7815 3504 7816 3520 7805 3517 7797
      3517 7792 3515 7790 3518 7784 3534 7783
      3537 7781 3528 7758 3502 7716 3465 7717
      3459 7722 3444 7751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1044Z 208DEG 29KT 3490 7815 3430 7717

DAG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 8:08 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		112 min
May 30, 8:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones and 4 more	119 min
May 30, 9:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	3 hr
May 30, 10:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 4 more	115 min
May 30, 11:13 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Jones	32 min
May 30, 11:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		36 min
May 30, 11:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 2 more	3 hr
May 30, 12:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more	3 hr
May 30, 1:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington	3 hr
May 30, 1:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pamlico, Pitt	3 hr
May 30, 1:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		35 min
May 30, 2:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		2 hr
May 30, 2:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Dare	87 min
May 30, 3:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell	85 min
May 30, 4:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		80 min
May 30, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	61 min
May 30, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		84 min
May 30, 5:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	MHX	Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell	92 min
May 30, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	54 min
May 30, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	6 hr
May 30, 6:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	44 min
May 30, 6:27 PM EDT	Gale Warning	MHX		3 hr
May 30, 6:42 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	MHX		3 hr
May 30, 6:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Dare	3 hr

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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.