Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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.
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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.
- 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
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
$$
262 follow-up statements
327
WWUS52 KMHX 150312
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1112 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021
NCC055-150330-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210415T0330Z/
Dare NC-
1112 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL DARE COUNTY...
At 1112 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Wanchese, or 9
miles northeast of Stumpy Point, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Bodie Island Lighthouse, Wanchese and Outer Banks Fishing Pier.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.
&&
LAT...LON 3575 7570 3588 7573 3590 7558 3572 7550
TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 267DEG 28KT 3582 7565
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
26441
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
$$
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 8:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Apr 14, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell, Washington | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Tyrrell, Washington | 36 min |
| Apr 14, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 33 min | |
| Apr 14, 10:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Apr 14, 11:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Tyrrell | 26 min |
| Apr 14, 11:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 17 min | |
| Apr 15, 5:18 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 33 hr | |
| Apr 15, 3:13 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 16 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.