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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 4, 2016, 6:50 PM EDT for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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 4, 2016, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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
- 1765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 673 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 4, 3:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 4:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 419 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NCZ095-103-104-052030- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 419 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. 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. NCZ098-052030- ONSLOW- 419 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. 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. NCZ046-047-081-090>094-052030- TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN- PAMLICO- 419 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CAROLINA AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. 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. NCZ029-044-045-079-080-052030- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-GREENE-BEAUFORT- 419 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL...ALONG WITH A POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 453 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NCZ044-079-042130- GREENE-PITT- 453 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL GREENE AND CENTRAL PITT COUNTIES... AT 453 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FARMVILLE... MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GREENVILLE...WINTERVILLE...AYDEN...PITT GREENVILLE AIRPORT...EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY AND DOWDY FICKLEN STADIUM. 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 3552 7757 3562 7755 3565 7726 3540 7733 TIME...MOT...LOC 2053Z 281DEG 11KT 3556 7752 13
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
457 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
NCZ029-045-046-081-042130-
TYRRELL-MAINLAND HYDE-WASHINGTON-MARTIN-
457 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL MARTIN...
TYRRELL...WASHINGTON AND NORTH CENTRAL MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES...
AT 457 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR PLYMOUTH TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF CAPE
COLONY TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...ROPER...JAMESVILLE AND CRESWELL.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...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 3601 7658 3601 7650 3600 7643 3583 7603
3561 7626 3574 7658 3581 7690 3582 7690
3582 7687 3585 7684 3589 7683 3586 7677
3587 7675 3593 7669 3594 7669 3593 7674
3599 7668 3601 7669 3603 7661
TIME...MOT...LOC 2057Z 205DEG 10KT 3586 7678 3581 7655 3571 7631
13Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 528 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NCZ080-081-042200- BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE- 528 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT AND WESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES... AT 527 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR BELHAVEN...OR 24 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BELHAVEN. 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 3559 7627 3536 7643 3551 7666 3567 7655 TIME...MOT...LOC 2127Z 299DEG 8KT 3556 7653 13
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:03 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 603 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NCZ081-042230- MAINLAND HYDE- 603 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY... AT 602 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES WEST OF SWAN QUARTER FERRY TERMINAL...OR 30 MILES EAST OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SWAN QUARTER FERRY TERMINAL. SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS... POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS. LAT...LON 3527 7627 3537 7655 3551 7652 3547 7619 TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 287DEG 10KT 3541 7647 13
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:48 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 648 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NCZ080-093-042315- BEAUFORT-CRAVEN- 648 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT AND NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN COUNTIES... AT 647 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER VANCEBORO...OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... VANCEBORO. 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 3527 7732 3543 7715 3534 7697 3517 7712 TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 289DEG 7KT 3533 7719 13
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:50 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
650 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
NCZ081-042315-
MAINLAND HYDE-
650 PM EDT SAT JUN 4 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND HYDE
COUNTY...
AT 650 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF
SWAN QUARTER FERRY TERMINAL...OR 47 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...
MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MAINLAND HYDE COUNTY.
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 3542 7591 3530 7601 3527 7612 3533 7623
3550 7617 3547 7589
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 289DEG 7KT 3540 7613
13The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:44 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 4:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 7:23 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 2:58 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 44 hr | |
| Jun 4, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 41 min |
| Jun 4, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 4, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 7:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 27 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.