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Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 3, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT for 12 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2021, 11:49 AM EDT (15:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 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 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 959 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jun 3, 11:08 AM EDT, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 11:08 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:52 AM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 952 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 NCZ092-198-031445- Jones-Inland Onslow- 952 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN JONES AND NORTHEASTERN ONSLOW COUNTIES... At 952 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Jacksonville, moving northeast at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Jacksonville, New River Station, Half Moon, Pumpkin Center, Camp Lejeune Center, Piney Green, Maysville, Midway Park, Kellum, Belgrade, Deppe and Loco VFD. If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. LAT...LON 3467 7739 3476 7753 3504 7732 3490 7711 TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 216DEG 18KT 3477 7742 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:49 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 31 hr |
| Jun 3, 9:52 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 53 min |
| Jun 3, 2:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 3:04 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 30 hr | |
| Jun 3, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Jun 3, 5:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Greene, Martin, Pitt | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:56 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 25 hr |
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.