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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 15, 20196 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 2019, 3:26 AM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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
Apr 15, 2019, 3:26 AM EDT (07:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 15, 2019, 4:30 AM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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 00:00Z, 7.4 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2019-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 946 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2019-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
7.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 15, 2:37 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Jones, Onslow53 min
Apr 15, 4:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell and 1 more50 min
Apr 15, 4:40 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX95 min
Apr 15, 4:54 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell66 min
Apr 15, 5:32 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX58 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.