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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 26, 2012Beaufort County, Craven County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Dec 26, 2012, 1:09 PM EST for Beaufort County, Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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
Dec 26, 2012, 1:09 PM EST (18:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 26, 2012, 2:00 PM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 2012-12-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-12-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 540 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
540 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
770 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 Dec 26, 10:56 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 26, 10:56 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 26, 10:26 AM EST, 2 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1026 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

NCZ046-047-081-095-271530-
TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-CARTERET-
1026 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 699 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...

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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
AN ENHANCED THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

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

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NCZ029-044-045-079-080-090>094-098-271530-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-
PAMLICO-ONSLOW-
1026 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 699 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

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.

   TORNADO WATCH.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
AN ENHANCED THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND AN
ISOLATED TORNADO. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION.

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

NCZ103-104-271530-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1026 AM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...TORNADO WATCH 699 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...

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.

   TORNADO WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHWEST AND NORTH OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE
AN ENHANCED THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO. RESIDENTS ARE URGED TO MONITOR THIS
DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.

STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST TO WEST MAY PRODUCE
WATER LEVEL RISES OF 1 TO 2 FEET SOUNDSIDE OF THE OUTER BANKS LATE
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   WIND ADVISORY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 26, 10:48 AM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 26, 1:02 PM EST, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Dec 26, 1:09 PM EST, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
109 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

NCZ029-045-080-092-093-261900-
BEAUFORT-CRAVEN-JONES-MARTIN-WASHINGTON-
109 PM EST WED DEC 26 2012

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS CRAVEN...JONES...
BEAUFORT...WASHINGTON AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM EST...

AT 109 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
TUSCARORA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES WEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
60 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ERNUL...WILMAR...
BLOUNTS CREEK...RIVER ROAD...BUNYAN...SLATESTONE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.

HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.

DON'T WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE FIRST LIGHTNING FLASH BEFORE HEADING TO
SAFETY. MOVE INDOORS AT THE FIRST SIGN OF THREATENING SKIES OR THE
FIRST SOUND OF THUNDER. MAKE SURE THAT LIGHTNING IS WELL AWAY FROM
YOUR LOCATION BEFORE RESUMING OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

&&

LAT...LON 3583 7657 3544 7685 3548 7699 3544 7696
      3546 7692 3543 7686 3507 7711 3515 7731
      3584 7690 3581 7688 3585 7684 3588 7684
      3589 7683 3587 7676 3590 7672
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 208DEG 54KT 3519 7716

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 9:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare27 min
Dec 26, 10:48 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare27 min
Dec 26, 11:05 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX25 min
Dec 26, 11:11 AM ESTTornado WarningMHXJones, Onslow49 min
Dec 26, 11:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde46 min
Dec 26, 11:27 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX33 min
Dec 26, 12:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX20 min
Dec 26, 12:14 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX31 min
Dec 26, 12:20 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXCarteret, Jones, Onslow40 min
Dec 26, 1:02 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven43 min
Dec 26, 1:06 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX24 min
Dec 26, 1:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret48 min
Dec 26, 1:35 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX25 min
Dec 26, 1:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret31 min
Dec 26, 1:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Dec 26, 1:52 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell38 min
Dec 26, 2:18 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX27 min
Dec 26, 2:25 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Martin, Pitt65 min
Dec 26, 2:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret, Pamlico63 min
Dec 26, 2:52 PM ESTTornado WarningMHXCarteret, Craven23 min
Dec 26, 3:27 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare48 min
Dec 26, 3:48 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX31 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2012Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.