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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 30, 201210 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at May 30, 2012, 10:35 AM EDT for 10 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 115 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, 10:35 AM EDT (14:35 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2012, 12:30 PM EDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

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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, 10:05 AM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 10:05 AM EDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 3:51 AM EDT, 6 hours 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 6:47 AM EDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 8:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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

NCZ044-079-080-090>095-098-301415-
BEAUFORT-CARTERET-CRAVEN-DUPLIN-GREENE-JONES-LENOIR-ONSLOW-PAMLICO-
PITT-
816 AM EDT WED MAY 30 2012

...STRONG SHOWERS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE
ACROSS PAMLICO...CRAVEN...DUPLIN...ONSLOW...JONES... BEAUFORT...
CARTERET...LENOIR...PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 AM EDT...

AT 815 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6
MILES NORTHWEST OF FAISON TO 26 MILES SOUTH OF INDIAN BEACH...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...JACKSONVILLE...NEW
BERN...GREENVILLE...WASHINGTON...MOREHEAD CITY...RICHLANDS...SNOW
HILL...KINSTON...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...AYDEN.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL UPWARDS OF ONE HALF TO
ONE INCH PER HOUR...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.
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

&&

LAT...LON 3519 7817 3518 7784 3557 7783 3581 7745
      3531 7647 3506 7660 3500 7671 3498 7677
      3507 7700 3498 7693 3499 7619 3471 7656
      3468 7661 3468 7660 3505 7604 3458 7653
      3467 7696 3444 7752 3472 7768 3473 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1210Z 212DEG 29KT 3519 7821 3434 7683

DAG

Local storm report, May 30, 10:18 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 10:35 AM 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 30, 6:47 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	88 min
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, 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.