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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 7, 2015Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2015, 12:14 AM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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 7, 2015, 12:14 AM EDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2015, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 6, 6:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 6:16 PM EDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:32 PM EDT, 8 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
332 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-098-071945-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW-
332 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS.

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

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION AGAIN FRIDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING
ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

NCZ095-103-104-071945-
CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
332 PM EDT THU AUG 6 2015

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM CAPE HATTERAS TO CAPE LOOKOUT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. AN ISOLATED
TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHERN SECTIONS.

.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.

   MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK.

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
REGION AGAIN FRIDAY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING
ARE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX53 min
Aug 7, 3:23 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Tyrrell, Washington112 min
Aug 7, 4:25 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX58 hr
Aug 7, 4:33 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Martin, Washington117 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.