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Frost Advisory 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

November 13, 20215 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this frost advisory at Nov 13, 2021, 3:40 PM EST for 5 counties in North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 14, 2021, 2:00 AM EST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 13, 2021, 3:40 PM EST (20:40 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 14, 2021, 2:00 AM EST
Expired
Nov 14, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2021-11-13Temperature 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 2021-11-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
2173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

905 
WWUS72 KMHX 132040
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
340 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

NCZ029-044-079-090-091-140845-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FR.Y.0003.211114T0700Z-211114T1300Z/
Martin-Pitt-Greene-Duplin-Lenoir-
Including the cities of Williamston, Robersonville, Oak City, 
Jamesville, Greenville, Bethel, Farmville, Grifton, Grimesland, 
Snow Hill, Hookerton, Walstonburg, Wallace, Warsaw, Kenansville, 
Beulaville, Faison, Kinston, La Grange, and Pink Hill
340 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 33 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Martin, Pitt, Greene, Duplin and Lenoir Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EST Sunday.

* 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
433 
WWUS72 KMHX 140254
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
954 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

NCZ029-044-079-090-091-141300-
/O.CON.KMHX.FR.Y.0003.211114T0700Z-211114T1300Z/
Martin-Pitt-Greene-Duplin-Lenoir-
Including the cities of Williamston, Robersonville, Oak City, 
Jamesville, Greenville, Bethel, Farmville, Grifton, Grimesland, 
Snow Hill, Hookerton, Walstonburg, Wallace, Warsaw, Kenansville, 
Beulaville, Faison, Kinston, La Grange, and Pink Hill
954 PM EST Sat Nov 13 2021

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM EST
SUNDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 34 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Martin, Greene, Pitt, Duplin and Lenoir Counties.

* WHEN...From 2 AM to 8 AM EST Sunday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 13, 2:06 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX23 hr

Nearby

Frost Advisories in North Carolina, 2021Every frost advisory in 2021

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.