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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2016, 1:24 PM EDT for Dare 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
- Aug 2, 2016, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2016, 2:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Dare County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1012 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 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 Aug 2, 1:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:24 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 413 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-030815- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 413 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-098-103-104-030815- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 413 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH 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. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SOME STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN, AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 11:13 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1113 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
NCZ103-021545-
OUTER BANKS DARE-
1113 AM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN OUTER BANKS DARE
COUNTY...
AT 1113 AM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
SHORES...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRANDY...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHERN SHORES...WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MONUMENT...
DUCK COE PIER AND AVALON PIER.
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 3599 7556 3600 7579 3608 7579 3609 7574
3612 7575 3613 7575 3611 7574 3614 7575
3621 7577 3621 7569
TIME...MOT...LOC 1513Z 277DEG 10KT 3611 7574
27Special weather statement, Aug 2, 11:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
124 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
NCZ047-103-021800-
OUTER BANKS DARE-WESTERN DARE-
124 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL MAINLAND DARE AND
EAST CENTRAL OUTER BANKS DARE COUNTIES...
AT 123 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES SOUTH OF
BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OREGON INLET TO SALVO...INCLUDING THE HATTERAS ISLAND FISHING PIER.
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 3577 7545 3550 7546 3547 7561 3549 7561
3559 7556 3569 7559 3558 7566 3557 7569
3572 7576 3579 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 1723Z 337DEG 5KT 3569 7561
27The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:25 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 50 min |
| Aug 2, 4:10 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 110 min |
| Aug 2, 11:13 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Currituck | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 11:43 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Currituck | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 11:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 42 min | |
| Aug 2, 12:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 12:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Aug 2, 12:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 1:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Martin, Tyrrell, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 5:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt, Washington | 111 min |
| Aug 2, 5:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 6:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pamlico | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 6:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones | 25 min |
| Aug 2, 6:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 52 min |
| Aug 2, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 42 min | |
| Aug 2, 6:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 7:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 41 min |
| Aug 2, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Onslow | 58 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.