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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

October 15, 2012Hyde County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Oct 15, 2012, 8:58 PM EDT for Hyde County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 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: Oct 15, 2012, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired: Oct 15, 2012, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 246 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Oct 15, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 15, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 15, 3:53 AM EDT, 17 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
353 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-160800-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
353 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE WEST. A FEW
STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREAT.
STORMS WILL END THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT SWEEPS OFF THE COAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ095-098-103-104-160800-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
353 AM EDT MON OCT 15 2012

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING
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.

   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ALONG AND AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE
WEST. A FEW STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE
MAIN THREAT. STORMS WILL END THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT SWEEPS OFF
THE COAST.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 15, 4:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
405 PM EDT MON OCT 15 2012

NCZ044-079-090-091-152100-
DUPLIN-GREENE-LENOIR-PITT-
405 PM EDT MON OCT 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS DUPLIN...LENOIR...PITT AND
GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...

AT 405 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF SHINE TO 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF CALYPSO TO 11 MILES WEST OF FAISON TO 14 MILES
WEST OF BOWDENS TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARSAW TO 22 MILES WEST OF
ROSE HILL...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF GOLDSBORO
TO 6 MILES WEST OF MOUNT OLIVE TO 15 MILES WEST OF WARSAW TO 14 MILES
WEST OF WARSAW TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARSAW TO 23 MILES WEST OF
WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...LINDELL...FAISON...
SHINE...MAGNOLIA...CASTORIA...SNOW HILL.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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 3490 7815 3510 7818 3518 7817 3518 7807
      3520 7801 3516 7790 3518 7784 3534 7783
      3537 7781 3543 7783 3555 7783 3566 7723
      3536 7750 3524 7757 3514 7767 3501 7773
      3479 7776 3472 7814 3473 7819
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 257DEG 25KT 3547 7794 3523 7815
          3509 7831 3499 7832 3491 7826 3476 7838

10

Special weather statement, Oct 15, 6:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
646 PM EDT MON OCT 15 2012

NCZ029-044-045-079-080-090>093-098-152345-
BEAUFORT-CRAVEN-DUPLIN-GREENE-JONES-LENOIR-MARTIN-ONSLOW-PITT-
WASHINGTON-
646 PM EDT MON OCT 15 2012

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAVEN...DUPLIN...ONSLOW...
JONES...BEAUFORT...WASHINGTON...LENOIR...PITT...MARTIN AND GREENE
COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM EDT...

AT 646 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELL ARTHUR TO ARBA TO DEEP
RUN TO 7 MILES WEST OF BEULAVILLE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5
MILES WEST OF WINTERVILLE TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE TO 12
MILES SOUTH OF LA GRANGE TO 11 MILES EAST OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...GREENVILLE...HOUSE...
BELLS FORK...WYSE FORK...PACTOLUS...PETERSBURG.

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

SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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 3512 7783 3536 7778 3566 7750 3578 7676
      3555 7703 3530 7708 3482 7728 3476 7810
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 253DEG 25KT 3555 7746 3539 7767
          3515 7772 3496 7786

10

Special weather statement, Oct 15, 7:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 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
Oct 15, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		29 min
Oct 15, 10:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.