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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 3, 2014Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 3, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT for Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
Jul 3, 2014, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2014, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Jones County, NC

The radar

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The text

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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 Jul 3, 4:14 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 4:14 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 12:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1206 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NCZ029-044-079-090-091-041615-
MARTIN-PITT-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-
1206 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THE OUTER BANDS OF HURRICANE ARTHUR
WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL PLAINS LATER TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ046-047-080-081-093-094-098-041615-
TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW-
1206 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   HURRICANE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

   HURRICANE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ045-092-041615-
WASHINGTON-JONES-
1206 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

   TROPICAL STORM WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ095-103-104-041615-
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1206 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...HURRICANE WARNING IN EFFECT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

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

   HURRICANE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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

   HURRICANE WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1217 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

NCZ044-090>095-031700-
CARTERET-CRAVEN-DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-PAMLICO-PITT-
1217 PM EDT THU JUL 3 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PAMLICO...CARTERET...
CRAVEN...DUPLIN...JONES...LENOIR AND PITT COUNTIES THROUGH 100 PM
EDT...

AT 1216 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PLEASANT HILL TO 8 MILES
WEST OF MAYSVILLE TO KUHNS...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES
SOUTH OF KINSTON TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HALF MOON TO 11 MILES EAST
OF PINEY GREEN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

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 3476 7713 3481 7720 3483 7718 3493 7727
      3494 7733 3491 7738 3497 7750 3499 7763
      3497 7768 3497 7767 3497 7768 3501 7780
      3540 7755 3525 7715 3503 7684 3500 7688
      3507 7700 3501 7697 3496 7689 3465 7709
TIME...MOT...LOC 1616Z 208DEG 18KT 3506 7764 3495 7735
          3479 7712

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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 3:57 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 4:25 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:32 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven, Jones, Lenoir43 min
Jul 3, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow33 min
Jul 3, 4:06 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDuplin39 min
Jul 3, 7:27 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Washington33 min

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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.