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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 20, 2014Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2014, 4:41 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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
Jun 20, 2014, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2014, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 38 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 2014-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 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 2014-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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 Jun 20, 4:22 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:22 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:40 PM EDT, 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
440 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-212045-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
440 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES SLOWLY EAST
ACROSS A STALLED FRONT. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE
WITH PRIMARY THREAT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. IN ADDITION TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS WITH THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 3:52 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:14 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
414 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ095-098-202045-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-
414 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW AND CARTERET
COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT...

AT 414 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
DUCK CREEK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CAMP LEJEUNE MAIN GATE...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HAMMOCKS
BEACH...BEAR CREEEK.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
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 3468 7736 3475 7726 3465 7707 3464 7709
      3462 7717 3455 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 315DEG 7KT 3461 7722

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
441 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

NCZ095-098-202145-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-
441 PM EDT FRI JUN 20 2014

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW AND CARTERET
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...

AT 441 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MIDWAY PARK...OR ABOUT OVER PINEY GREEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...HUBERT...BEAR
CREEK...JACKSONVILLE...MIDWAY PARK...CAMP LEJEUNE.

HAZARDS INCLUDE...
PEA SIZE HAIL.
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
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 3461 7737 3462 7737 3462 7738 3477 7746
      3486 7735 3471 7710 3471 7709 3466 7702
      3462 7717 3453 7732
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 310DEG 4KT 3470 7729

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Jun 19, 8:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Jun 19, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin58 min
Jun 19, 8:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt27 min
Jun 19, 8:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell56 min
Jun 19, 8:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Tyrrell34 min
Jun 19, 8:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX36 min
Jun 19, 8:55 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Lenoir65 min
Jun 19, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX34 min
Jun 19, 9:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell66 min
Jun 19, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare65 min
Jun 19, 9:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Martin, Washington58 min
Jun 19, 9:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Greene, Lenoir42 min
Jun 19, 9:26 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX49 min
Jun 19, 9:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX31 min
Jun 19, 9:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt56 min
Jun 19, 10:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven, Jones, Pamlico54 min
Jun 19, 10:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX53 min
Jun 19, 10:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde34 min
Jun 19, 10:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Hyde45 min
Jun 19, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX36 min
Jun 19, 10:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico42 min
Jun 19, 10:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX32 min
Jun 20, 12:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare31 min
Jun 20, 12:16 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Lenoir59 min
Jun 20, 1:09 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Lenoir51 min
Jun 20, 1:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin46 min
Jun 20, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven, Jones50 min
Jun 20, 3:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret42 min
Jun 20, 12:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX31 min
Jun 20, 12:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare30 min
Jun 20, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret29 min
Jun 20, 3:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow23 min
Jun 20, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow31 min
Jun 20, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret33 min
Jun 20, 6:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin62 min
Jun 20, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones, Lenoir, Onslow46 min
Jun 20, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow47 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.