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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 14, 2018Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2018, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Carteret County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:22 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 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 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 14, 10:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 10:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:00 AM EDT, 9 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
400 AM EDT Thu Jun 14 2018

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-150800-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Craven-Pamlico-
400 AM EDT Thu Jun 14 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop this afternoon
across Eastern NC. Heavy rain with localized flooding, an isolated
damaging wind gust, and frequent lightning are the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

A heat wave will develop early to middle next week. Heat indices
will reach up to 100 to 110 degrees each afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ095-098-103-104-150800-
Carteret-Onslow-Outer Banks Dare-Outer Banks Hyde-
400 AM EDT Thu Jun 14 2018

...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 thunderstorms will develop this afternoon
across Eastern NC. Heavy rain with localized flooding, an isolated
damaging wind gust, and frequent lightning are the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

A heat wave will develop early to middle next week. Heat indices
will reach up to 100 to 110 degrees each afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 14, 1:07 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
107 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2018

NCZ090-098-141745-
Onslow-Duplin-
107 PM EDT THU JUN 14 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN ONSLOW AND SOUTHEASTERN
DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 106 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Catherine Lake,
or 9 miles southwest of Half Moon, moving east at 25 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, New River Station, Half Moon, Pumpkin Center, Piney
Green, Camp Lejeune Center, Kellum, Midway Park, Verona, Catherine
Lake, Dixon, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South, Deppe and Haws
Run.

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.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 3465 7765 3472 7768 3472 7772 3488 7765
      3486 7726 3452 7742
TIME...MOT...LOC 1706Z 290DEG 22KT 3477 7761

Heden

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 1:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	38 min
Jun 14, 1:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		63 min
Jun 14, 1:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	42 min
Jun 14, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		94 min
Jun 14, 2:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	45 min
Jun 14, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	40 min
Jun 14, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Onslow	49 min
Jun 14, 3:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		63 min
Jun 14, 4:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	65 min
Jun 14, 4:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde	87 min
Jun 14, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	55 min
Jun 14, 5:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	44 min

Nearby

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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.