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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 14, 2021Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 14, 2021, 10:55 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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, 10:55 PM EDT (02:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2021, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:55 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

216 
WUUS52 KMHX 150255
SVRMHX
NCC055-150330-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0016.210415T0255Z-210415T0330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1055 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

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

* Until 1130 PM EDT.

* At 1054 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Manns
  Harbor, or 8 miles northwest of Stumpy Point, 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...
  Manns Harbor, Bodie Island Lighthouse, Wanchese and Outer Banks
  Fishing Pier.

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 3576 7591 3586 7590 3590 7558 3567 7547
TIME...MOT...LOC 0254Z 276DEG 30KT 3581 7582 

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

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2 follow-up statements
327 
WWUS52 KMHX 150312
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1112 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

NCC055-150330-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210415T0330Z/
Dare NC-
1112 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DARE COUNTY...

At 1112 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wanchese, or 9
miles northeast of Stumpy Point, 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...
Bodie Island Lighthouse, Wanchese and Outer Banks Fishing Pier. 

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 3575 7570 3588 7573 3590 7558 3572 7550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 267DEG 28KT 3582 7565 

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

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441 
WWUS52 KMHX 150321
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1121 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

NCC055-150330-
/O.EXP.KMHX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210415T0330Z/
Dare NC-
1121 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL DARE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1130 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3575 7570 3588 7573 3590 7558 3572 7550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 276DEG 30KT 3581 7558 

$$

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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, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Tyrrell, Washington36 min
Apr 14, 10:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX33 min
Apr 14, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 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.