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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 28, 2016Tyrrell County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 28, 2016, 4:16 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
Apr 28, 2016, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Tyrrell County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 2016-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 609 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 2016-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 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
609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Apr 28, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 4:20 AM EDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
420 AM EDT THU APR 28 2016

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-290830-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
420 AM EDT THU APR 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS
AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH THE THREATS OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THE BEST
CHANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE NORTH OF AN OCRACOKE TO NEW
BERN TO KINSTON LINE.

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 2:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
256 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

NCZ080-081-281930-
BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-
256 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT AND WEST
CENTRAL MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES...

AT 255 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BAYVIEW FERRY
TERMINAL...OR 16 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELHAVEN...BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL...RANSOMVILLE.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3560 7658 3544 7639 3537 7672 3544 7680
TIME...MOT...LOC 1855Z 234DEG 17KT 3542 7672

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 3:36 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
336 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

NCZ081-282015-
MAINLAND HYDE-
336 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY...

AT 335 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SWAN QUARTER FERRY
TERMINAL...OR 35 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25
MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SWAN QUARTER FERRY TERMINAL...SWINELL FORK...FAIRFIELD.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3531 7640 3540 7648 3565 7608 3541 7593
TIME...MOT...LOC 1935Z 242DEG 20KT 3538 7637

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 4:16 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
416 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

NCZ046-047-081-282100-
TYRRELL-MAINLAND HYDE-WESTERN DARE-
416 PM EDT THU APR 28 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MAINLAND DARE...
SOUTHERN TYRRELL AND NORTHEASTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES...

AT 415 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 16 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...
OR 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GUM NECK.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3556 7626 3572 7638 3593 7602 3566 7587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 244DEG 13KT 3568 7623

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 10:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin, Pitt43 min
Apr 27, 10:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin47 min
Apr 28, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell47 min
Apr 28, 2:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort34 min
Apr 28, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde39 min
Apr 28, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington41 min
Apr 28, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX30 min
Apr 28, 5:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde37 min
Apr 28, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell48 min
Apr 28, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXHyde, Tyrrell48 min
Apr 28, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin48 min
Apr 28, 7:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin16 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.