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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 7, 2020Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2020, 4:08 PM EDT for Hyde County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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, 2020, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2020, 4:45 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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.

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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: 1871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 705 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

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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 7, 3:13 PM EDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 5:32 AM EDT, 10 hours 36 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
532 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-203>205-080945-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-West Carteret-East Carteret-Inland Onslow-
Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
532 AM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Scattered strong to possibly severe thunderstorms are possible
this afternoon, with isolated damaging wind gusts and torrential
downpours the main threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

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, 1:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
219 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

NCZ047-071845-
Mainland Dare-
219 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL DARE COUNTY...

At 219 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near East Lake, or
16 miles northwest of Stumpy Point, moving northeast at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Manns Harbor, Mashoes, Manteo, East Lake and Buffalo City.

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 3576 7600 3590 7600 3599 7593 3597 7577
      3577 7570
TIME...MOT...LOC 1819Z 246DEG 20KT 3582 7599

SGK

Local storm report, Aug 7, 3:50 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
350 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0202 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND CEDAR ISLAND            35.02N 76.31W
08/05/2020  M63 MPH          AMZ135             NC   MESONET

            55 KNOT WIND GUST AT CEDAR ISLAND SENSOR.

&&

SGK

Local storm report, Aug 7, 3:52 PM EDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
352 PM EDT FRI AUG 7 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0306 PM     MARINE TSTM WIND CROATAN SOUND           35.87N 75.68W
08/07/2020  M40 MPH          AMZ231             NC   PUBLIC

            35 KNOT WIND GUST AT CROATAN SOUND
            WEATHERFLOW STATION.

&&

SGK

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:08 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
408 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

NCZ081-072045-
Mainland Hyde-
408 PM EDT Fri Aug 7 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN HYDE COUNTY...

At 408 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Nebraska, or 23
miles southwest of Stumpy Point, moving east at 15 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Gull Rock, New Holland, Nebraska, Lake Landing and Middletown.

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.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 3541 7618 3555 7615 3560 7587 3536 7595
TIME...MOT...LOC 2008Z 269DEG 11KT 3547 7605

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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 7, 1:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	35 min
Aug 7, 2:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	26 min
Aug 7, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		66 min
Aug 7, 4:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		64 min
Aug 7, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir	116 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.