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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 30, 2016, 1:46 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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
- Jul 30, 2016, 1:46 PM EDT (17:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2016, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 41 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
- 2210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 Jul 30, 1:20 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:20 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1055 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-311500- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 1055 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. HEAT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ104-311500- OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1055 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-098-103-311500- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE- 1055 AM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... 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. HEAT ADVISORY. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1247 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 NCZ046-081-301730- TYRRELL-MAINLAND HYDE- 1247 PM EDT SAT JUL 30 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN TYRRELL AND NORTH CENTRAL MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES... AT 1247 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 17 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBIA...OR 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN TYRRELL AND NORTH CENTRAL MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES. 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. 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 3557 7625 3565 7639 3586 7624 3573 7600 TIME...MOT...LOC 1647Z 215DEG 14KT 3567 7625 31
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 1:05 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 10:47 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 30, 11:47 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 12:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 12:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 1:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 1:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 34 min | |
| Jul 30, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 66 min |
| Jul 30, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 2:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 2:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 2:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 46 min |
| Jul 30, 3:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 3:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 50 min |
| Jul 30, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 18 min | |
| Jul 30, 3:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 62 min |
| Jul 30, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell, Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Jul 30, 4:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 37 min |
| Jul 30, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 65 min |
| Jul 30, 4:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 96 min | |
| Jul 30, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 15 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.