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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 15, 20124 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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 15, 2012, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2012, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2363 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2012-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2363 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
852 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 15, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:11 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 2:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
238 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-161845-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
238 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 580 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 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 THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS
AND LARGE HAIL.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 3:15 PM EDT, 1 hour before
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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:11 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
411 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NCZ094-152115-
PAMLICO-
411 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS PAMLICO COUNTY THROUGH 515
PM EDT...

AT 411 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MERRITT...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAVELOCK...MOVING EAST AT 15
MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...PAMLICO...
WHORTONSVILLE......FLORENCE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. MANY LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF
YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS TAKE COVER IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3499 7687 3518 7686 3527 7647 3524 7649
      3522 7648 3522 7654 3521 7651 3518 7652
      3519 7659 3517 7661 3516 7659 3518 7657
      3515 7653 3506 7660 3506 7663 3500 7672
TIME...MOT...LOC 2011Z 258DEG 15KT 3510 7670

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:15 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
415 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

NCZ044-080-090>093-098-152115-
BEAUFORT-CRAVEN-DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-ONSLOW-PITT-
415 PM EDT WED AUG 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAVEN...DUPLIN...ONSLOW...
JONES...BEAUFORT...LENOIR AND PITT COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT...

AT 413 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIVER ROAD TO QUINERLY TO
GREENEVERS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RIVER ROAD TO 10 MILES
SOUTH OF AYDEN TO 9 MILES NORTH OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...VANCEBORO...WYSE
FORK...RICHLANDS...HONOLULU...TRENTON...PLEASANT HILL...FORT
BARNWELL...BEULAVILLE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.

&&

LAT...LON 3538 7751 3561 7677 3557 7670 3542 7677
      3544 7682 3545 7691 3548 7699 3544 7696
      3546 7692 3543 7688 3543 7684 3539 7679
      3480 7754 3479 7812
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 252DEG 20KT 3550 7693 3534 7739
          3486 7794

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin43 min
Aug 15, 4:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell65 min
Aug 15, 4:46 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret29 min
Aug 15, 5:18 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde57 min
Aug 15, 5:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell53 min
Aug 15, 1:29 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXCraven, Pamlico46 min
Aug 15, 1:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX35 min
Aug 15, 2:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico41 min
Aug 15, 2:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret42 min
Aug 15, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde30 min
Aug 15, 3:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin46 min
Aug 15, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell65 min
Aug 15, 4:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico64 min
Aug 15, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones63 min
Aug 15, 5:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX44 min
Aug 15, 5:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde, Pamlico57 min
Aug 15, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt50 min
Aug 15, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow27 min
Aug 15, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret41 min
Aug 15, 7:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt41 min
Aug 15, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven61 min
Aug 15, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX50 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.