Alert archive / North Carolina / Wind Advisories in 2012
Wind Advisory 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this wind advisory at Oct 29, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 20 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2012, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 2012, 12:42 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
722 WWUS72 KMHX 292101 NPWMHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 501 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST THROUGH TUESDAY... .A WIND ADVISORY HAS REPLACED THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING ALONG THE COAST AND SOUNDS. NCZ046-047-080-081-093>095-098-103-104-301100- /O.NEW.KMHX.WI.Y.0009.121029T2101Z-121031T0000Z/ TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD... NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO... ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT... JACKSONVILLE...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD... SOUTHERN SHORES 501 PM EDT MON OCT 29 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT TUESDAY. THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL SYSTEM SANDY WILL LINGER OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES THROUGH TUESDAY...THEN LIFT NORTH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LARGE CIRCULATION AROUND IT WILL RESULT IN STRONG AND GUSTY WEST WINDS ALONG THE COAST AND SOUNDS THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$
2 follow-up statements
291 WWUS72 KMHX 300723 NPWMHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 323 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG AND NEAR THE COAST TODAY... NCZ045-092-310000- /O.EXA.KMHX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-JONES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE... TRENTON 323 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BREAK SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. && $$ NCZ046-047-080-081-093>095-098-103-104-310000- /O.CON.KMHX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD... NEW BERN...HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO... ARAPAHOE...MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL... MOREHEAD CITY...BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT... JACKSONVILLE...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD... SOUTHERN SHORES 323 AM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...WINDS MAY BREAK SMALL BRANCHES AND TREE LIMBS. A FEW TREES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT SUSTAINED WINDS OF 31 TO 39 MPH OR GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION. $$
717 WWUS72 KMHX 301642 NPWMHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1242 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 NCZ045>047-080-081-092>095-098-103-104-301745- /O.CAN.KMHX.WI.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-121031T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-JONES- CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON... RIVER ROAD...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...TRENTON...NEW BERN... HAVELOCK...VANCEBORO...ORIENTAL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO...ARAPAHOE... MINNESOTT BEACH...VANDEMERE...STONEWALL...MOREHEAD CITY... BEAUFORT...EMERALD ISLE...NEWPORT...JACKSONVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...SOUTHERN SHORES 1242 PM EDT TUE OCT 30 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVER THE REGION AND SHOULD STAY IN THAT RANGE TODAY...AND SUBSIDE EVEN MORE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY INLAND. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 5:08 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 7:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 3 hr |
| Oct 29, 5:38 PM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 19 hr | |
| Oct 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | MHX | 50 hr | |
| Oct 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Warning | MHX | 22 hr | |
| Oct 29, 5:49 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | 15 hr | |
| Oct 29, 5:49 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MHX | 8 hr |
Nearby
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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.