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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 28, 2021Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2021, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 28, 5:59 PM EDT	HAIL 1	4 Nw Columbia, NC

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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-p

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: 184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

103 
WUUS52 KMHX 282134
SVRMHX
NCC177-187-282200-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0011.210328T2134Z-210328T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
534 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Washington County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 600 PM EDT.

* At 533 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Roper, or 10
  miles east of Plymouth, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Columbia, Woodley, Pleasant Grove, Scuppernong, Mackeys, Roper and
  Creswell.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3602 7619 3581 7619 3582 7661 3595 7665
TIME...MOT...LOC 2133Z 256DEG 31KT 3587 7656 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DAG

1 follow-up statement

686 
WWUS52 KMHX 282147
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
547 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

NCC177-187-282200-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0011.000000T0000Z-210328T2200Z/
Washington NC-Tyrrell NC-
547 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND NORTHWESTERN TYRRELL COUNTIES...

At 546 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Scuppernong, or
18 miles east of Plymouth, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Columbia, Woodley, Scuppernong and Creswell. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 3602 7619 3581 7619 3582 7648 3597 7649
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 262DEG 32KT 3589 7642 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DAG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	28 min
Mar 27, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		92 min
Mar 27, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	23 min
Mar 28, 3:53 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		4 hr
Mar 28, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	14 min
Mar 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	39 min
Mar 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	42 min
Mar 28, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	46 min
Mar 28, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		38 min
Mar 28, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	42 min
Mar 28, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	43 min
Mar 28, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		68 min
Mar 28, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	19 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.