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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 22, 2019Beaufort County, Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2019, 8:56 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
Aug 22, 2019, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2019, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2019-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1822 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 2019-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 22, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 7:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 4:11 AM EDT, 16 hours 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
411 AM EDT Thu Aug 22 2019

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-203-230815-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-
411 AM EDT Thu Aug 22 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Unsettled weather is expected by the end of the week into the
weekend. Showers and thunderstorms may produce localized flooding
from Friday night through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-196-199-204-205-230815-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
411 AM EDT Thu Aug 22 2019

...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.

Unsettled weather is expected by the end of the week into the
weekend. Showers and thunderstorms may produce localized flooding
from Friday night through Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXMartin45 min
Aug 23, 5:20 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX55 min
Aug 23, 6:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Aug 23, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Aug 23, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington58 min
Aug 23, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.