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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 1:17 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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 7, 2018, 1:17 PM EDT (17:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Carteret County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 2050 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 Aug 7, 12:43 PM EDT, 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 12:43 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:23 AM EDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 523 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 2018 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-080930- Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort- Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Craven-Pamlico-Carteret-Onslow- Outer Banks Dare-Outer Banks Hyde- 523 AM EDT Tue Aug 7 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...Wednesday through Monday. 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 7, 1:17 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
117 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
NCZ095-071815-
Carteret-
117 PM EDT TUE AUG 7 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL CARTERET COUNTY...
At 117 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Open Grounds
Farm, or 13 miles north of Harkers Island, moving northeast at 15
mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
South River, Merrimon, Atlantic and Open Grounds Farm.
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 3479 7659 3489 7667 3492 7667 3493 7666
3494 7666 3495 7667 3495 7669 3508 7643
3489 7631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1717Z 244DEG 12KT 3489 7660
31The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 3:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 38 min | |
| Aug 7, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 34 min |
| Aug 7, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 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.