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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 10, 2012Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2012, 2:26 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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: Aug 10, 2012, 2:26 PM EDT (18:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2012, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 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 Aug 9, 7:02 PM EDT, 19 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 7:02 PM EDT, 19 hours 24 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
Aug 10, 10:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	66 min
Aug 10, 11:10 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	65 min
Aug 10, 1:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	56 min
Aug 10, 2:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pamlico	61 min
Aug 10, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		32 min
Aug 10, 4:28 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		32 min
Aug 10, 4:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	54 min
Aug 10, 5:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pitt	64 min
Aug 10, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	59 min

Nearby

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.