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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 14, 2017Tyrrell County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2017, 11:21 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 14, 2017, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2017, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Tyrrell County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 242 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2017-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1808 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 00:00Z on 2017-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1808 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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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 Jul 14, 10:23 PM EDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 10:23 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 8:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:03 PM EDT, 4 hours 18 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
703 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017

NCZ046-047-142345-
Mainland Dare-Tyrrell-
703 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLAND DARE AND CENTRAL
TYRRELL COUNTIES...

At 703 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Columbia, or 26
miles south of Weeksville, moving east at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Manns Harbor, Alligator, Gum Neck, Mashoes, Manteo and Columbia.

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 3603 7577 3570 7571 3573 7633 3591 7633
TIME...MOT...LOC 2303Z 259DEG 25KT 3584 7626

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Local storm report, Jul 14, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 8:12 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 10:36 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 14, 11:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington33 min
Jul 14, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare61 min
Jul 14, 10:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min
Jul 14, 10:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington54 min
Jul 15, 12:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare38 min
Jul 15, 1:05 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell25 min
Jul 15, 1:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX66 min
Jul 15, 1:30 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare30 min
Jul 15, 6:05 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX55 min
Jul 15, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Jul 15, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven, Pamlico59 min
Jul 15, 4:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare43 min
Jul 15, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX56 min
Jul 15, 4:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare24 min
Jul 15, 4:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico54 min
Jul 15, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde35 min
Jul 15, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jul 15, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX37 min
Jul 15, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico46 min
Jul 15, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX45 min
Jul 15, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare29 min
Jul 15, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX40 min
Jul 15, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow47 min
Jul 15, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX43 min
Jul 15, 6:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare33 min
Jul 15, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones, Onslow44 min
Jul 15, 6:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXJones, Onslow84 min
Jul 15, 6:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell65 min
Jul 15, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Jul 15, 6:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare45 min
Jul 15, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones47 min
Jul 15, 7:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow65 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.