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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2012, 7:34 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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
- Jul 22, 2012, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2012, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Tyrrell County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 120 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jul 22, 7:31 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 7:31 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 NCZ103-104-231530- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT 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. BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN TODAY. MINOR FLOODING MAY RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-231530- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN TODAY. MINOR FLOODING MAY RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-231530- CARTERET- 1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 2012 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING NORTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT... ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING SOUTH 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. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN TODAY. MINOR FLOODING MAY RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ098-231530- ONSLOW- 1116 AM EDT SUN JUL 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 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AGAIN TODAY. MINOR FLOODING MAY RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 92 min |
| Jul 21, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 34 min | |
| Jul 21, 8:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 9:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 27 min |
| Jul 22, 11:22 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 9 hr | |
| Jul 22, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 2:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 2:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 3:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min | |
| Jul 22, 4:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Craven | 91 min |
| Jul 22, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Jul 22, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 5:35 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 55 min |
| Jul 22, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Jul 22, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 54 min |
| Jul 22, 6:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 40 min |
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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.