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Frost Advisory 5, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

November 24, 2021Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this frost advisory at Nov 24, 2021, 3:29 AM EST for Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Nov 24, 2021, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 24, 2021, 3:29 AM EST (08:29 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 24, 2021, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 25, 2021, 8:00 AM EST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2021-11-24Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2021-11-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

567 
WWUS72 KMHX 240829
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
329 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021

NCZ196-241200-
/O.CON.KMHX.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-211124T1200Z/
East Carteret-
Including the cities of Beaufort, Harkers Island, Sea Level, 
and Cedar Island
329 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 30.

* WHERE...East Carteret County.

* WHEN...Until 7 AM EST this morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions will kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent
freezing and possible bursting of outdoor water pipes they should
be wrapped, drained, or allowed to drip slowly. Those that have
in-ground sprinkler systems should drain them and cover above-
ground pipes to protect them from freezing.

&&

$$

NCZ203>205-242030-
/O.NEW.KMHX.FR.Y.0005.211125T0300Z-211125T1200Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
Including the cities of Duck, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, 
Nags Head, Manteo, Ocracoke, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, 
and Hatteras Village
329 AM EST Wed Nov 24 2021

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Temperatures as low as 37 will result in frost 
  formation.

* WHERE...Northern Outer Banks, Ocracoke Island and Hatteras 
  Island.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 7 AM EST Thursday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
2 follow-up statements
497 
WWUS72 KMHX 241945
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
245 PM EST Wed Nov 24 2021

NCZ203>205-250745-
/O.EXT.KMHX.FR.Y.0005.211125T0300Z-211125T1300Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
Including the cities of Duck, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, 
Nags Head, Manteo, Ocracoke, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, 
and Hatteras Village
245 PM EST Wed Nov 24 2021

...FROST ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 8 AM
EST THURSDAY...

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

* WHERE...Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island and Northern Outer 
  Banks.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 8 AM EST Thursday.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$
896 
WWUS72 KMHX 250549
NPWMHX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1249 AM EST Thu Nov 25 2021

NCZ203>205-251300-
/O.CON.KMHX.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-211125T1300Z/
Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
Including the cities of Duck, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, 
Nags Head, Manteo, Ocracoke, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, 
and Hatteras Village
1249 AM EST Thu Nov 25 2021

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

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

* WHERE...Hatteras Island, Ocracoke Island and Northern Outer 
  Banks.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 8 AM EST Thursday.

* 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.