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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 9, 20215 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 60 min. 2 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
Jul 9, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 2021, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG5 W Vanceboro, NCTREE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF BEAR HOLE ROAD, AND PAPA BEAR ROAD IN VANCEBORO. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 9, 8:35 PM EDTTSTM WND DMGMaysville, NCPOWER COMPANY REPORTED AN OUTAGE IN MAYSVILLE CAUSED BY FALLEN TREES AND/OR LARGE LIMBS ON THEIR EQUIPMENT. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2179 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2179 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

846 
WUUS52 KMHX 100000
SVRMHX
NCC013-049-103-133-137-100100-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0024.210710T0000Z-210710T0100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
800 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
  Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
  Southern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...
  Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 800 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Fort Barnwell to near Comfort to near Cypress
  Creek, moving east at 20 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Jacksonville, New Bern, Havelock, Pumpkin Center, Piney Green, New
  River Station, Half Moon, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend,
  Phillips Crossroads, Richlands, Blounts Creek, Maysville,
  Vanceboro, Askins, Catherine Lake, Lowland, Kellum and Cayton.

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.

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with these storms. 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 3463 7764 3473 7769 3492 7765 3497 7768
      3501 7773 3507 7760 3516 7751 3519 7751
      3538 7729 3535 7725 3539 7724 3540 7720
      3543 7719 3545 7687 3529 7642 3491 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0000Z 279DEG 15KT 3528 7727 3501 7740 3480 7770 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SGK
1 follow-up statement
680 
WWUS52 KMHX 100026
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
826 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

NCC013-100036-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210710T0100Z/
Beaufort NC-
826 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN BEAUFORT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the warned 
area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3463 7764 3473 7769 3492 7765 3503 7741
      3521 7729 3530 7716 3531 7698 3522 7685
      3523 7672 3515 7658 3491 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 279DEG 15KT 3526 7715 3499 7728 3478 7758 

$$

NCC049-103-133-137-100100-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0024.000000T0000Z-210710T0100Z/
Jones NC-Craven NC-Onslow NC-Pamlico NC-
826 PM EDT Fri Jul 9 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT
FOR EASTERN JONES...CENTRAL CRAVEN...NORTHERN ONSLOW AND PAMLICO
COUNTIES...

At 826 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Vanceboro to 6 miles northwest of Maysville to
Catherine Lake, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, New Bern, Havelock, Pumpkin Center, Piney Green, New
River Station, Half Moon, James City, Trent Woods, River Bend,
Richlands, Maysville, Askins, Catherine Lake, Kellum, Cayton,
Florence, Tuscarora, Jasper and Belgrade.

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.

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
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 3463 7764 3473 7769 3492 7765 3503 7741
      3521 7729 3530 7716 3531 7698 3522 7685
      3523 7672 3515 7658 3491 7683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0026Z 279DEG 15KT 3526 7715 3499 7728 3478 7758 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SGK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX45 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.