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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 31, 2021Craven County, Jones County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2021, 4:39 PM EDT for Craven County, Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2021, 4:39 PM EDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2021, 5:11 PM EDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 42 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 41 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: 80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

768 
WUUS52 KMHX 312039
SVRMHX
NCC049-103-312130-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0013.210331T2039Z-210331T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
439 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
  Central Craven County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 438 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Comfort, or
  14 miles north of Half Moon, moving east at 25 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...
  New Bern, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Phillips Crossroads,
  Tuscarora, Rhems, Croatan, Riverdale, Catfish Lake, Neuse Forest,
  Fairfield Harbour, Coastal Carolina Regional Airport, Bridgeton,
  Pollocksville and Trenton.

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.

Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately
likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant
property damage.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 7747 3510 7749 3519 7698 3516 7697
      3515 7699 3513 7697 3494 7694 3493 7728
      3494 7731 3493 7732 3494 7733 3492 7737
      3492 7740
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 263DEG 21KT 3502 7738 

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

Simms

2 follow-up statements

296 
WWUS52 KMHX 312102
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
502 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

NCC049-103-312130-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210331T2130Z/
Jones NC-Craven NC-
502 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL JONES AND CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTIES...

At 502 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rhems, or 7
miles west of New Bern, moving east at 30 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...
New Bern, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Rhems, Riverdale,
Coastal Carolina Regional Airport, Fairfield Harbour, Bridgeton and
Pollocksville.

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.

Intense thunderstorm lines can produce brief tornadoes and widespread
significant wind damage. Although a tornado is not immediately
likely, it is best to move to an interior room on the lowest floor of
a building. This storm may cause serious injury and significant
property damage.

&&

LAT...LON 3512 7733 3517 7697 3516 7697 3516 7698
      3515 7699 3513 7697 3512 7697 3497 7695
      3497 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2102Z 265DEG 26KT 3504 7718 

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

Simms

761 
WWUS52 KMHX 312111
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
511 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

NCC049-103-312121-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210331T2130Z/
Jones NC-Craven NC-
511 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL JONES AND CENTRAL
CRAVEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds and
heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3512 7733 3517 7697 3516 7697 3516 7698
      3515 7699 3513 7697 3512 7697 3497 7695
      3497 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 263DEG 21KT 3504 7712 

$$

Simms

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 2:28 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		3 days
Mar 31, 3:00 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 7 more	13 hr
Mar 31, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones	29 min
Mar 31, 3:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	52 min
Mar 31, 5:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	42 min
Mar 31, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	52 min
Mar 31, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	51 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.