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Frost Advisory 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 22, 202115 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this frost advisory at Apr 22, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT for 15 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Apr 23, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2021, 2:03 PM EDT (18:03 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2021, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 23, 2021, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:03 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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 65 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 12:00Z on 2021-04-22Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -289 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
1735 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
83 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-289 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

813 
WWUS72 KMHX 221803
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
203 PM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-231200-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FR.Y.0002.210423T0700Z-210423T1200Z/
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-
Including the cities of Williamston, Robersonville, Oak City, 
Jamesville, Greenville, Bethel, Farmville, Grifton, Grimesland, 
Plymouth, Roper, Creswell, Columbia, Gum Neck, Manns Harbor, 
Stumpy Point, East Lake, Snow Hill, Hookerton, Walstonburg, 
Washington, Chocowinity, Belhaven, Bath, Aurora, Engelhard, 
Fairfield, Ponzer, Scranton, Swanquarter, Wallace, Warsaw, 
Kenansville, Beulaville, Faison, Kinston, La Grange, Pink Hill, 
Maysville, Pollocksville, Trenton, Oriental, Bayboro, Arapahoe, 
Vandemere, Vanceboro, Ernul, Dover, Cove City, New Bern, 
River Bend, Fairfield Harbor, Havelock, Morehead City, Newport, 
Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Stella, Beaufort, Harkers Island, 
Sea Level, Cedar Island, Jacksonville, Richlands, Half Moon, 
Swansboro, Sneads Ferry, and North Topsail Beach
203 PM EDT Thu Apr 22 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 8 AM EDT FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures dropping to 33 to 36 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Portions of eastern North Carolina away from the
  immediate coast.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 8 AM EDT Friday.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
1 follow-up statement
923 
WWUS72 KMHX 230606
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
206 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-231200-
/O.CON.KMHX.FR.Y.0002.210423T0700Z-210423T1200Z/
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-
Including the cities of Williamston, Robersonville, Oak City, 
Jamesville, Greenville, Bethel, Farmville, Grifton, Grimesland, 
Plymouth, Roper, Creswell, Columbia, Gum Neck, Manns Harbor, 
Stumpy Point, East Lake, Snow Hill, Hookerton, Walstonburg, 
Washington, Chocowinity, Belhaven, Bath, Aurora, Engelhard, 
Fairfield, Ponzer, Scranton, Swanquarter, Wallace, Warsaw, 
Kenansville, Beulaville, Faison, Kinston, La Grange, Pink Hill, 
Maysville, Pollocksville, Trenton, Oriental, Bayboro, Arapahoe, 
Vandemere, Vanceboro, Ernul, Dover, Cove City, New Bern, 
River Bend, Fairfield Harbor, Havelock, Morehead City, Newport, 
Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Stella, Beaufort, Harkers Island, 
Sea Level, Cedar Island, Jacksonville, Richlands, Half Moon, 
Swansboro, Sneads Ferry, and North Topsail Beach
206 AM EDT Fri Apr 23 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Temperatures dropping to 33 to 36 and light winds will 
  result in frost formation.

* WHERE...Portions of eastern North Carolina away from the
  immediate coast.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost could kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if 
  left uncovered.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

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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.