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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 8, 2018Greene County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2018, 8:42 PM EDT for Greene County, North Carolina. It was in force for 48 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 8, 2018, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2018, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Greene County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 101 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: 2749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

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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 8, 6:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 3:04 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 8:10 PM EDT, 32 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
810 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

NCZ029-090115-
Martin-
810 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...

At 810 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
Tarboro, moving east at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Williamston, Gold Point, Hamilton, Oak City and Hassell.

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 3606 7732 3601 7721 3599 7721 3599 7720
      3597 7719 3595 7720 3593 7719 3594 7713
      3593 7712 3593 7709 3594 7707 3594 7705
      3592 7703 3587 7705 3582 7705 3587 7735
      3591 7734 3600 7741 3607 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 0010Z 274DEG 16KT 3600 7749

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 8:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
842 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

NCZ044-079-090130-
Greene-Pitt-
842 PM EDT WED AUG 8 2018

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GREENE AND SOUTHWESTERN PITT
COUNTIES...

At 841 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles east of
Fremont, or 11 miles northeast of Goldsboro, moving east at 25 mph.

Winds of 40 to 50 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Ayden, Farmville, Grifton, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur,
Ormondsville, Maury, Jason, Roundtree, Lizzie, Hookerton, Castoria,
Shine, Fort Run VFD, Bull Head VFD and Walstonburg.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3561 7777 3566 7742 3541 7738
      3540 7746 3543 7748 3541 7749 3542 7751
      3542 7752 3539 7755 3537 7770 3538 7771
      3537 7777 3537 7780 3540 7780 3543 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 0041Z 268DEG 21KT 3550 7784

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	65 min
Aug 8, 10:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow	59 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.