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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jan 22, 2016, 5:39 PM EST for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- Jan 22, 2016, 5:39 PM EST (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 22, 2016, 6:15 PM EST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Carteret County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 321 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 565 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 377 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jan 22, 4:36 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 4:36 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 22, 4:26 AM EST, 13 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 426 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 NCZ095-104-230930- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 426 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF CARTERET COUNTY...BEFORE PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO RAIN LATER THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS FORECAST LATE SATURDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT. COASTAL FLOODING...BEACH EROSION AND HIGH SURF CONDITIONS MAY IMPACT SOUNDSIDE AND OCEAN SIDE PORTIONS OF THE OUTER BANKS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ098-230930- ONSLOW- 426 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A MIX OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. LIGHT ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 17. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS ARE LIKELY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS FORECAST LATE SATURDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ029-044-079-090-091-230930- MARTIN-PITT-GREENE-DUPLIN-LENOIR- 426 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING. LIGHT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 17. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS FORECAST LATE SATURDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ045-046-080-081-092>094-230930- WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 426 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST THIS MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS A MIX OF LIGHT SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING. LIGHT ICE...SNOW...AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED...MAINLY FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 17. PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO RAIN LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS FORECAST LATE SATURDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ047-230930- MAINLAND DARE- 426 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS FORECAST LATE SATURDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ103-230930- OUTER BANKS DARE- 426 AM EST FRI JAN 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 AM EST SATURDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1-2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT COLD AIR WILL FILTER IN. A RAIN/SNOW MIX IS FORECAST LATE SATURDAY...BECOMING ALL SNOW ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT. VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. MINOR TO MODERATE COASTAL FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...ON BOTH THE SOUNDSIDE AND OCEANSIDE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 22, 3:09 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 10:30 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 4 days | |
| Jan 22, 2:21 PM EST | Coastal Flood Watch | MHX | 14 hr | |
| Jan 22, 5:09 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 66 min |
| Jan 22, 6:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 43 min |
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Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.