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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 14, 2021Dare County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2021, 10:09 PM EDT for Dare County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
Apr 14, 2021, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2021, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dare County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2021-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

316 
WUUS52 KMHX 150209
SVRMHX
NCC055-177-187-150245-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0015.210415T0209Z-210415T0245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1009 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Washington County in eastern North Carolina...
  West central Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 1045 PM EDT.

* At 1009 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Columbia, or
  23 miles south of Weeksville, moving east at 40 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...
  Alligator, Gum Neck, Columbia, East Lake, Woodley, Newfoundland,
  Buffalo City and Frying Pan Landing.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3591 7587 3568 7597 3583 7640 3598 7633
TIME...MOT...LOC 0209Z 288DEG 33KT 3587 7626 

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

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1 follow-up statement
494 
WWUS52 KMHX 150221
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1021 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

NCC187-150231-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210415T0245Z/
Washington NC-
1021 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3591 7587 3568 7597 3580 7625 3595 7617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 288DEG 33KT 3584 7613 

$$

NCC055-177-150245-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210415T0245Z/
Dare NC-Tyrrell NC-
1021 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL DARE AND NORTHEASTERN TYRRELL COUNTIES...

At 1021 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Frying Pan
Landing, or 23 miles northwest of Stumpy Point, moving east at 40
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...
Alligator, East Lake, Buffalo City and Frying Pan Landing. 

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3591 7587 3568 7597 3580 7625 3595 7617
TIME...MOT...LOC 0221Z 288DEG 33KT 3584 7613 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Apr 14, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell, Washington52 min
Apr 14, 10:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX33 min
Apr 14, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Apr 14, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare35 min
Apr 14, 11:04 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell26 min
Apr 14, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX17 min
Apr 15, 5:18 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX33 hr
Apr 15, 3:13 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX16 hr

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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.