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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 18, 2016, 4:20 PM EDT for Dare 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
- Aug 18, 2016, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2016, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Dare County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 1561 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 18, 3:54 PM EDT, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 3:54 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 329 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-190730- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 329 AM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-098-103-104-190730- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 329 AM EDT THU AUG 18 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. 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 18, 2:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
208 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
NCZ090>092-098-181900-
ONSLOW-JONES-DUPLIN-LENOIR-
208 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN...
SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR...WESTERN ONSLOW AND WEST CENTRAL JONES
COUNTIES...
AT 207 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR KENANSVILLE TO WILLARD. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WALLACE...HALF MOON...RICHLANDS...BEULAVILLE...KENANSVILLE...
RICHLANDS SOUTH... ALBERT J ELLIS AIRPORT...GREENEVERS...
PINK HILL AND TEACHEY.
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 3448 7758 3472 7768 3472 7794 3471 7798
3473 7801 3473 7803 3507 7799 3507 7738
3445 7745
TIME...MOT...LOC 1807Z 278DEG 18KT 3500 7794 3466 7798
5Special weather statement, Aug 18, 2:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 255 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 NCZ090>093-098-182000- ONSLOW-JONES-CRAVEN-DUPLIN-LENOIR- 255 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL DUPLIN...SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR...NORTHERN ONSLOW...CENTRAL CRAVEN AND JONES COUNTIES... AT 254 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTH OF RICHLANDS...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF HALF MOON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... POLLOCKSVILLE AND TRENTON. 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. 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 3490 7771 3513 7764 3517 7707 3484 7711 TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 278DEG 18KT 3504 7757 5
Local storm report, Aug 18, 3:29 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
329 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0325 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S POLLOCKSVILLE 34.99N 77.22W
08/18/2016 JONES NC 911 CALL CENTER
REPORTS OF SEVERAL TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY 17 NEAR
POLLOCKSVILLE.
&&
EVENT NUMBER MHX1600315
CTCSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 4:09 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Onslow | 52 min |
| Aug 18, 2:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones | 65 min |
| Aug 18, 3:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 42 min |
| Aug 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:01 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Pamlico | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 48 min | |
| Aug 18, 4:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 49 min |
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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.