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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 3, 2016Craven County, Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2016, 11:48 PM EDT for Craven County, Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2016, 11:48 PM EDT (03:48 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2016, 12:30 AM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 4, 12:05 AM EDT	HAIL 0.88	2 Ne Dover, NC	HAIL WAS MEASURED DIME TO NICKEL SIZE
May 4, 12:16 AM EDT	HAIL 0.75	Vanceboro, NC	BROADCAST MEDIA RELAYED PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL IN VANCEBORO.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 62 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 933 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 622 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.6
Supercell composite: 2.6

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The text

As transmitted.

887 
WUUS52 KMHX 040348
SVRMHX
NCC049-103-040430-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0021.160504T0348Z-160504T0430Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1148 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT  HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...
  NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...

* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT

* AT 1148 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF KINSTON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  VANCEBORO...DOVER AND COVE CITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3522 7746 3538 7712 3518 7702 3513 7742
TIME...MOT...LOC 0348Z 248DEG 31KT 3518 7741 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
DAG

2 follow-up statements

736 
WWUS52 KMHX 040357
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1157 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

NCC103-040406-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160504T0430Z/
JONES NC-
1157 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL JONES COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3525 7739 3538 7712 3518 7702 3515 7732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 243DEG 34KT 3521 7731 

$$

NCC049-040430-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160504T0430Z/
CRAVEN NC-
1157 PM EDT TUE MAY 3 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY...

AT 1156 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF VANCEBORO...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANCEBORO AND COVE CITY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3525 7739 3538 7712 3518 7702 3515 7732
TIME...MOT...LOC 0356Z 243DEG 34KT 3521 7731 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
DAG

972 
WWUS52 KMHX 040407
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1207 AM EDT WED MAY 4 2016

NCC049-040430-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160504T0430Z/
CRAVEN NC-
1207 AM EDT WED MAY 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY...

AT 1206 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR VANCEBORO...OR
11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANCEBORO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3538 7712 3522 7704 3519 7725 3528 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 248DEG 31KT 3524 7721 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
DAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 8:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	24 min
May 3, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pitt	31 min
May 3, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Lenoir, Pitt	46 min
May 3, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Lenoir, Pitt	23 min
May 3, 8:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	34 min
May 3, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	32 min
May 3, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort	16 min
May 3, 9:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	39 min
May 3, 10:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	33 min
May 3, 11:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Lenoir	44 min
May 4, 12:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Lenoir	24 min
May 4, 12:21 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Jones, Lenoir	24 min
May 4, 12:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	38 min
May 4, 12:43 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	32 min
May 4, 10:39 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		66 min
May 4, 11:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		66 min
May 4, 11:26 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	34 min
May 4, 11:35 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		55 min
May 4, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	28 min
May 4, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		53 min
May 4, 4:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Pamlico	23 min
May 4, 4:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret	31 min
May 4, 4:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		64 min
May 4, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	33 min
May 4, 5:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	34 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.