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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 28, 2021Hyde County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 3:57 PM EDT for Hyde County, Tyrrell County, Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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 28, 2021, 3:57 PM EDT (19:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 28, 4:01 PM EDT	HAIL 0.5	4 Nw Columbia, NC	REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).
Jul 28, 4:03 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	4 Nw Columbia, NC	REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN.
Jul 28, 4:29 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 E Phelps Lake, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN PITTIGREW STATE PARK. SOME TREES HAD THEIR TOPS SNAPPED OFF.

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
Jul 28, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

886 
WUUS52 KMHX 281957
SVRMHX
NCC095-177-187-282100-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0025.210728T1957Z-210728T2100Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
357 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Washington County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
  Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 500 PM EDT.

* At 357 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Columbia to near Cape Colony, moving south at 20
  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...
  Plymouth, Killkenny, Ponzer, Alligator, Gum Neck, Kilkenny,
  Fairfield, Columbia, Woodley, Wenona, Hinson, Westover, Pleasant
  Grove, Newfoundland, Scuppernong, Fort Landing, Frying Pan Landing,
  Phelps Lake, Pungo Lake and Alligator Lake.

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 3599 7600 3567 7602 3550 7615 3558 7649
      3563 7660 3567 7660 3570 7664 3571 7685
      3579 7679 3585 7678 3594 7669 3593 7674
      3599 7668 3601 7669 3605 7662 3601 7658
      3601 7651 3603 7646 3608 7641 3609 7632
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 004DEG 19KT 3594 7627 3609 7658 

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

SGK

1 follow-up statement

272 
WWUS52 KMHX 282040
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
440 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

NCC095-177-187-282100-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0025.000000T0000Z-210728T2100Z/
Washington NC-Hyde NC-Tyrrell NC-
440 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR WASHINGTON...NORTHWESTERN HYDE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES...

At 440 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Killkenny to Roper, moving south at 20 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...
Plymouth, Killkenny, Ponzer, Alligator, Gum Neck, Kilkenny,
Fairfield, Columbia, Woodley, Wenona, Hinson, Newfoundland, Westover,
Pleasant Grove, Scuppernong, Fort Landing, Phelps Lake, Frying Pan
Landing, Pungo Lake and Alligator Lake.

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 3567 7602 3550 7615 3558 7649 3563 7660
      3567 7660 3570 7664 3571 7685 3579 7679
      3585 7678 3586 7677 3587 7674 3591 7672
      3594 7669 3596 7653 3596 7636 3599 7600
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 004DEG 19KT 3572 7629 3587 7660 

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

SGK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 2:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		92 min
Jul 28, 3:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	45 min
Jul 28, 3:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort	49 min
Jul 28, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	42 min
Jul 28, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Pitt	38 min
Jul 28, 4:48 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	42 min
Jul 28, 4:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	65 min
Jul 28, 4:58 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		62 min
Jul 28, 5:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Beaufort, Pitt	48 min
Jul 28, 5:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Pamlico	53 min
Jul 28, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt	58 min
Jul 28, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		95 min
Jul 28, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 2 more	66 min
Jul 28, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	49 min
Jul 28, 7:48 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		57 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.