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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 4, 2021Dare County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2021, 7:35 PM EDT for Dare County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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
May 4, 2021, 7:35 PM EDT (23:35 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
40 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 Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 4, 7:50 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGColumbia, NC*** 1 INJ *** WIND CAUSED TENT COLLAPSE IN COLUMBIA, 1 INJURED AND TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 711 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 12:00Z on 2021-05-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 175 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
711 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted.

252 
WUUS52 KMHX 042335
SVRMHX
NCC055-177-187-050015-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0018.210504T2335Z-210505T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
735 PM EDT Tue May 4 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...
  Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 735 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Woodley, or
  23 miles east of Plymouth, 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, Mashoes, Manteo, Columbia, East Lake, Woodley,
  Newfoundland, Frying Pan Landing 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3614 7589 3614 7587 3612 7586 3609 7583
      3607 7580 3608 7579 3607 7579 3593 7570
      3572 7636 3589 7646 3611 7600 3610 7599
      3612 7593 3613 7594 3615 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 247DEG 34KT 3584 7634 

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

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1 follow-up statement
644 
WWUS52 KMHX 042351
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
751 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

NCC055-177-187-050015-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210505T0015Z/
Washington NC-Dare NC-Tyrrell NC-
751 PM EDT Tue May 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON...WEST CENTRAL DARE AND TYRRELL
COUNTIES...

At 750 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Newfoundland,
or 15 miles south of Weeksville, moving northeast at 45 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, Mashoes, Manteo, Columbia, East Lake, Woodley,
Newfoundland, Frying Pan Landing 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3614 7589 3614 7587 3612 7586 3609 7583
      3607 7580 3608 7579 3607 7579 3593 7570
      3572 7636 3589 7646 3611 7600 3610 7599
      3612 7593 3613 7594 3615 7590
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 236DEG 39KT 3599 7615 

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
May 4, 3:29 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX54 hr
May 4, 5:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt39 min
May 4, 5:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt33 min
May 4, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin30 min
May 4, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
May 4, 7:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington44 min
May 4, 7:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell42 min
May 4, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 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.