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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2018, 3:07 PM EDT for Greene County, Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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 2, 2018, 3:07 PM EDT (19:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2018, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Counties Greene County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1897 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 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 2, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 1:47 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 309 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-030715- Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort- Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Craven-Pamlico- 309 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 2018 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. NCZ095-098-103-104-030715- Carteret-Onslow-Outer Banks Dare-Outer Banks Hyde- 309 AM EDT Thu Aug 2 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. .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 2, 1:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
139 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2018
NCZ090-091-021845-
Lenoir-Duplin-
139 PM EDT THU AUG 2 2018
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LENOIR AND DUPLIN
COUNTIES...
At 138 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Kenansville,
or 9 miles southeast of Warsaw, moving north at 25 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Kinston, Wallace, Warsaw, La Grange, Mount Olive, Kornegay, Rose
Hill, Beulaville, Deep Run, Bowdens, Beautancus, Kenansville,
Chinquapin, Dawson, Potters Hill, Graingers, Institute, Albertson,
Harrells and Kinston Regional Jetport.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3509 7817 3519 7816 3518 7808
3519 7802 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789
3518 7783 3534 7782 3537 7780 3533 7747
3508 7759 3501 7773 3494 7766 3472 7777
3471 7798 3473 7802 3471 7813 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1738Z 190DEG 21KT 3493 7793
TLSpecial weather statement, Aug 2, 2:56 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 2, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 66 min |
| Aug 2, 2:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 64 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.