Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2021, 2:54 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. 8 reports 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
- Jun 15, 2021, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2021, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 3:04 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Wsw Pollocksville, NC | JONES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS ON HWY 58 S JUST BEFORE POLLOCKSVILLE. |
| Jun 15, 3:05 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Pollocksville, NC | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN POLLOCKSVILLE. |
| Jun 15, 3:05 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Wsw Pollocksville, NC | JONES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER OBSERVED DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL ON HWY 58 S JUST BEFORE POLLOCKSVILLE. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jun 15, 3:06 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Sw Pollocksville, NC | JONES COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED TREES DOWN ON LEES CHAPEL RD. |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Loco Vfd, NC | NWS STORM SURVEY FOUND EVIDENCE OF A MICROBURST WITH STRAIGHTLINE WINDS OF 75-80 MPH, PEELING SIDING AND METAL ROOF OFF OUTBUILDINGS ALONG EMMETT RD. LARGE TREES ALSO DOWNED. |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 80 | 1 Nw Loco Vfd, NC | EVIDENCE OF A MICROBURST WAS FOUND WITH WINDS OF 75 TO 80 MPH. THE WINDS PEELED THE SIDING AND METAL ROOF OFF OUTBUILDINGS ALONG EMMETT RD. LARGE TREES WERE ALSO BLOWN DOWN. |
| Jun 15, 3:13 PM EDT | HAIL 1.5 | 1 Nw Loco Vfd, NC | LARGE HAIL DAMAGED SIDING OF SEVERAL MOBILE HOMES ALONG EMMETT RD. TIME BASED ON RADAR. |
| Jun 15, 3:40 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 43 | Fairfield Harbor, NC | PUBLIC WEATHER STATION REPORTED A 37 KNOT MARINE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUST IN FAIRFIELD HARBOR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 1287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
697
WUUS52 KMHX 151854
SVRMHX
NCC031-049-103-133-151945-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0021.210615T1854Z-210615T1945Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
254 PM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
Southwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
Northern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
West central Carteret County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 345 PM EDT.
* At 253 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Comfort, or 9
miles north of Half Moon, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
New Bern, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Stella, Swansboro,
Phillips Crossroads, Cape Carteret, Richlands, Maysville,
Silverdale, Comfort, Belgrade, Rhems, Petersburg, Riverdale,
Pleasant Hill, Croatan, Kuhns and Peletier.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
away from windows.
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 3467 7706 3494 7764 3510 7758 3515 7753
3512 7694 3508 7693 3504 7694 3505 7693
3504 7693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1853Z 287DEG 34KT 3496 7750
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
411 follow-up statement
737
WWUS52 KMHX 151908
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
308 PM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
NCC031-049-103-133-151945-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210615T1945Z/
Jones NC-Craven NC-Onslow NC-Carteret NC-
308 PM EDT Tue Jun 15 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM EDT
FOR JONES...SOUTHWESTERN CRAVEN...NORTHEASTERN ONSLOW AND WEST
CENTRAL CARTERET COUNTIES...
At 308 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Maysville, or 9
miles north of Pumpkin Center, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
New Bern, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Stella, Swansboro,
Cape Carteret, Maysville, Silverdale, Belgrade, Rhems, Croatan,
Kuhns, Peletier, Riverdale, Catfish Lake, Fairfield Harbour, Coastal
Carolina Regional Airport, Deppe and Bridgeton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.
Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
&&
LAT...LON 3467 7706 3491 7745 3514 7743 3512 7694
3508 7693 3505 7695 3504 7694 3505 7693
3504 7693
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 287DEG 34KT 3492 7733
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
41The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 3:37 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 38 min | |
| Jun 15, 3:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 54 min | |
| Jun 15, 3:52 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 83 min | |
| Jun 15, 5:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.