Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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.
- 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
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
$$
mlee1 follow-up statement
474
WWUS52 KMHX 222046
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
346 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021
NCC013-079-117-147-187-222056-
/O.EXP.KMHX.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210222T2045Z/
Greene NC-Washington NC-Pitt NC-Martin NC-Beaufort NC-
346 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENE...WASHINGTON...PITT...
MARTIN AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been allowed to expire. However gusty winds are still possible.
LAT...LON 3610 7623 3543 7697 3542 7782 3557 7782
3580 7747 3582 7735 3600 7741 3607 7733
3594 7719 3594 7705 3586 7703 3590 7692
3581 7688 3589 7683 3587 7674 3605 7662
3606 7665 3607 7664 3601 7651
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 258DEG 60KT 3642 7609 3575 7696
$$
mleeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:50 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Feb 22, 2:08 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 52 min |
| Feb 22, 3:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 84 min | |
| Feb 22, 3:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 56 min |
| Feb 22, 3:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 88 min | |
| Feb 22, 3:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 4:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Tyrrell | 44 min |
| Feb 22, 4:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 82 min | |
| Feb 22, 4:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 51 min |
| Feb 22, 5:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.