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High Surf Advisory 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 23, 20204 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this high surf advisory at Apr 23, 2020, 3:27 AM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 23, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2020, 3:27 AM EDT (07:27 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 24, 2020, 3:07 AM EDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Carteret County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2020-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2020-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
68 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 high surf advisory 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 high surf advisory went out at Apr 22, 10:19 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 10:19 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 22, 3:44 PM EDT, 11 hours 43 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 22 2020

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-231945-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 22 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop late Thursday and
continue Thursday night. Some of these storms could become severe
with damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ203-231945-
Northern Outer Banks-
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 22 2020

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THURSDAY TO 9 AM EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Wind Advisory.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop late Thursday and
continue Thursday night. Some of these storms could become severe
with damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. Strong south to
southwest winds will bring elevated water levels on the sound side
of the Outer Banks.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ204-205-231945-
Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 22 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.
   Wind Advisory.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop late Thursday and
continue Thursday night. Some of these storms could become severe
with damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. Strong south to
southwest winds will bring elevated water levels on the sound side
of the Outer Banks, mainly north of Rodanthe. Very rough surf will
also develop Thursday Night into early Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ196-231945-
East Carteret-
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 22 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.
   Wind Advisory.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop late Thursday and
continue Thursday night. Some of these storms could become severe
with damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. Very rough surf
will also develop Thursday Night into early Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-199-231945-
West Carteret-Coastal Onslow-
344 PM EDT Wed Apr 22 2020

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Beach Hazards Statement.
   Wind Advisory.

Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop late Thursday and
continue Thursday night. Some of these storms could become severe
with damaging winds, hail and isolated tornadoes. Very rough surf
will also develop Thursday Night into early Friday.

.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
Apr 22, 8:04 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow48 hr

Nearby

High Surf Advisories in North Carolina, 2020Every high surf advisory in 2020

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.