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Hurricane Warning 1006, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

September 11, 201812 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this hurricane warning at Sep 11, 2018, 5:04 PM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2018, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2018, 5:17 PM EDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 276 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2018-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 204 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2018-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this hurricane warning 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 hurricane warning went out at Sep 11, 4:28 PM EDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 4:28 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 11:24 AM EDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018

NCZ029-044>047-080-081-092>094-121530-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Beaufort-Mainland Hyde-
Jones-Craven-Pamlico-
1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
...STORM SURGE WATCH IN EFFECT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Storm Surge Watch.
   Hurricane Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Storm Surge Watch.
   Hurricane Watch.

Hurricane Florence is forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane
and make landfall in the Carolinas late Thursday into early Friday.
There is still some uncertainty regarding the track forecast, but
confidence continues to increase in Eastern North Carolina seeing
significant to potentially life threatening impacts.

Please continue to monitor the latest forecasts on Hurricane
Florence. Now is time to prepare an emergency kit and review your
hurricane plan. For more information please view our briefing
available on our webpage.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ079-090-091-121530-
Greene-Duplin-Lenoir-
1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018

...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Hurricane Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Hurricane Watch.

Hurricane Florence is forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane
and make landfall in the Carolinas late Thursday into early Friday.
There is still some uncertainty regarding the track forecast, but
confidence continues to increase in Eastern North Carolina seeing
significant to potentially life threatening impacts.

Please continue to monitor the latest forecasts on Hurricane
Florence. Now is time to prepare an emergency kit and review your
hurricane plan. For more information please view our briefing
available on our webpage.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ095-098-103-104-121530-
Carteret-Onslow-Outer Banks Dare-Outer Banks Hyde-
1124 AM EDT Tue Sep 11 2018

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...HURRICANE WATCH IN EFFECT...
...STORM SURGE WATCH IN EFFECT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.
   Storm Surge Watch.
   Hurricane Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Storm Surge Watch.
   Hurricane Watch.

Hurricane Florence is forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane
and make landfall in the Carolinas late Thursday into early Friday.
There is still some uncertainty regarding the track forecast, but
confidence continues to increase in Eastern North Carolina seeing
significant to potentially life threatening impacts.

Please continue to monitor the latest forecasts on Hurricane
Florence. Now is time to prepare an emergency kit and review your
hurricane plan. For more information please view our briefing
available on our webpage.

An enhanced rip current threat will continue through the week, with
rough surf developing, due to increasing swells from Hurricane
Florence. Minor ocean overwash will be possible at times of high
tide along the Outer Banks through Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:51 PM EDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 8:01 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHX24 hr
Sep 11, 5:36 AM EDTHurricane WatchMHXBeaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more12 hr
Sep 11, 5:36 AM EDTStorm Surge WatchMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Pamlico and 3 more11 hr
Sep 11, 1:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin54 min
Sep 11, 3:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir94 min
Sep 11, 5:04 PM EDTStorm Surge WarningMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Martin, Pamlico and 3 more4 days

Nearby

Hurricane Warnings in North Carolina, 2018Every hurricane warning in 2018

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.