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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 22, 20215 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 22, 2021, 3:00 PM EST for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
Feb 22, 2021, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2021, 3:45 PM EST
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Greene County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 2021-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

662 
WUUS52 KMHX 222000
SVRMHX
NCC013-079-117-147-187-222045-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0002.210222T2000Z-210222T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
300 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
  Washington County in eastern North Carolina...
  Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
  Martin County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 345 PM EST.

* At 259 PM EST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Ahoskie to 7 miles northeast of Fremont, moving east
  at 70 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Greenville, Washington, Winterville, Williamston, Ayden, Farmville,
  Plymouth, River Road, Bethel, Stokes, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur,
  Pinetown, Robersonville, House, Shelmerdine, Pactolus, Black Jack,
  Bruce and Maury.

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 3610 7623 3543 7697 3542 7782 3557 7782
      3580 7747 3582 7735 3600 7741 3607 7733
      3594 7719 3594 7705 3586 7703 3590 7692
      3581 7688 3589 7683 3587 7674 3605 7662
      3606 7665 3607 7664 3601 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 258DEG 60KT 3627 7699 3560 7786 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

mlee
1 follow-up statement
474 
WWUS52 KMHX 222046
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
346 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

NCC013-079-117-147-187-222056-
/O.EXP.KMHX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210222T2045Z/
Greene NC-Washington NC-Pitt NC-Martin NC-Beaufort NC-
346 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENE...WASHINGTON...PITT...
MARTIN AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire.  However gusty winds are still possible.

LAT...LON 3610 7623 3543 7697 3542 7782 3557 7782
      3580 7747 3582 7735 3600 7741 3607 7733
      3594 7719 3594 7705 3586 7703 3590 7692
      3581 7688 3589 7683 3587 7674 3605 7662
      3606 7665 3607 7664 3601 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 258DEG 60KT 3642 7609 3575 7696 

$$

mlee

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 2:50 AM ESTGale WarningMHX17 hr
Feb 22, 2:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt52 min
Feb 22, 3:06 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX84 min
Feb 22, 3:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir56 min
Feb 22, 3:32 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX88 min
Feb 22, 3:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Pitt, Washington45 min
Feb 22, 4:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Tyrrell44 min
Feb 22, 4:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX82 min
Feb 22, 4:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret, Craven, Pamlico51 min
Feb 22, 5:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX50 min

Nearby

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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.