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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2018, 4:01 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 17, 2018, 4:01 PM EDT (20:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2018, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Dare County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Jun 17, 1:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1052 AM EDT Sun Jun 17 2018 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-181500- Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort- Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Craven-Pamlico- 1052 AM EDT Sun Jun 17 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A few strong thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. A heat wave will develop with afternoon heat indices from 100 to 110 degrees expected Monday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ095-098-103-104-181500- Carteret-Onslow-Outer Banks Dare-Outer Banks Hyde- 1052 AM EDT Sun Jun 17 2018 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS... 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. A few strong thunderstorms are possible this afternoon into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. A heat wave will develop with afternoon heat indices from 100 to 110 degrees expected Monday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 2:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
254 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2018
NCZ044-171945-
Pitt-
254 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PITT AND
NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES...
At 254 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near House, or near
Greenville, moving southeast at 5 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Stokes, House, Pactolus, Black Jack, East Carolina
University, Pitt Greenville Airport, Dowdy Ficklen Stadium,
Grimesland and Simpson.
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 3571 7719 3570 7719 3568 7717 3567 7717
3566 7718 3566 7717 3564 7717 3562 7714
3561 7715 3561 7714 3560 7715 3548 7722
3560 7742 3576 7732
TIME...MOT...LOC 1854Z 296DEG 5KT 3565 7729
8Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:01 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 401 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2018 NCZ047-172045- Mainland Dare- 401 PM EDT SUN JUN 17 2018 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND DARE COUNTY... At 401 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Stumpy Point, moving southeast at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Stumpy Point. 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 3579 7592 3585 7572 3561 7564 3557 7574 TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 330DEG 11KT 3571 7576 8
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 51 min |
| Jun 17, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 4:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 4:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones | 45 min |
| Jun 17, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 51 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.