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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT for Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Jun 3, 2016, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 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 Jun 3, 12:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 12:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:30 AM EDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 430 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 NCZ095-103-104-040830- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 430 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 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. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .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. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A THREAT OF STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-098-040830- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW- 430 AM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A THREAT OF STRONG WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:13 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 313 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 NCZ045-080-081-032000- BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-WASHINGTON- 313 PM EDT FRI JUN 3 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN BEAUFORT...SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES... AT 313 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF BELHAVEN...OR 12 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELHAVEN AND PANTEGO. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3560 7631 3543 7660 3567 7684 3583 7655 TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 306DEG 13KT 3569 7670
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 44 min |
| Jun 3, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 4:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 43 min | |
| Jun 3, 4:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 38 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.