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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 28, 2021Beaufort County, Craven County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 4:37 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Craven County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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 28, 2021, 4:37 PM EDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Jul 28, 4:42 PM EDT	HAIL 0.88	1 Ssw Washington, NC
Jul 28, 4:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Nnw Chocowinity, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN.

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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 76 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

246 
WUUS52 KMHX 282037
SVRMHX
NCC013-049-147-282115-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0026.210728T2037Z-210728T2115Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
  Southeastern Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
  Southwestern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 515 PM EDT.

* At 436 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Washington,
  moving south at 30 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...
  New Bern, Washington, River Road, Blounts Creek, Vanceboro, Askins,
  Cayton, Jasper, Wilmar, Bunyan, Ernul, Chocowinity, Bridgeton and
  Washington Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3563 7714 3558 7692 3512 7702 3520 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2036Z 015DEG 26KT 3554 7706 

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

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2 follow-up statements

855 
WWUS52 KMHX 282105
SVSMHX

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

NCC013-049-147-282115-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210728T2115Z/
Craven NC-Pitt NC-Beaufort NC-
505 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN...SOUTHEASTERN PITT AND SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT
COUNTIES...

At 504 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Vanceboro, or
13 miles southwest of River Road, 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...
New Bern, Washington, River Road, Blounts Creek, Vanceboro, Askins,
Cayton, Jasper, Wilmar, Bunyan, Ernul, Chocowinity, Bridgeton and
Washington Park.

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3563 7714 3558 7692 3512 7702 3520 7734
TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 015DEG 26KT 3534 7713 

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

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889 
WWUS52 KMHX 282109
SVSMHX

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

NCC013-049-147-282115-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210728T2115Z/
Craven NC-Pitt NC-Beaufort NC-
509 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL CRAVEN...SOUTHEASTERN PITT AND WEST CENTRAL
BEAUFORT COUNTIES...

At 505 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Wilmar, or near
Washington, moving southwest at 10 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...
Washington, Wilmar and Chocowinity. 

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.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3547 7698 3528 7709 3539 7725 3556 7717
      3558 7715
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 038DEG 10KT 3547 7712 

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

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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, 3:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	63 min
Jul 28, 4:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven	42 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.