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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 10, 20137 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2013, 7:21 PM EDT for 7 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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, 2013, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 10, 2013, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1595 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2013-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
1595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX88 min
Aug 10, 4:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell64 min
Aug 10, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min
Aug 10, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington52 min
Aug 10, 6:38 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Martin52 min
Aug 10, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare64 min
Aug 10, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min
Aug 10, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin39 min
Aug 10, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare93 min
Aug 10, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington67 min
Aug 10, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare62 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2013Every special weather statement in 2013

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.