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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 28, 20216 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 5:47 PM EDT for 6 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. 6 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, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 58 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, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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, 5:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Simpson, NC	TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 28, 6:00 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Fountain, NC	TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 28, 6:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Farmville, NC	TREES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 28, 6:19 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Farmville, NC
Jul 28, 6:41 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Kinston, NC	CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 3 SSW KINSTON. MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. AT ONE TIME AROUND 15,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER IN THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 28, 6:51 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ssw Kinston, NC	MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY. AT ONE TIME AROUND 15,000 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER IN THE COUNTY. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

664 
WUUS52 KMHX 282147
SVRMHX
NCC013-049-079-103-107-147-282245-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0029.210728T2147Z-210728T2245Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
  Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
  Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
  Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
  West central Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 547 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Elm City to House to Wilmar, 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...
  Greenville, New Bern, Kinston, Washington, Winterville, Ayden,
  Farmville, La Grange, Bethel, River Bend, Grifton, Stokes, Snow
  Hill, Bell Arthur, Vanceboro, House, Shelmerdine, Pactolus, Calico
  and Black Jack.

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 3534 7782 3538 7780 3540 7780 3543 7783
      3557 7782 3576 7752 3580 7747 3581 7742
      3583 7741 3583 7739 3579 7726 3577 7726
      3576 7723 3545 7702 3499 7712 3515 7762
      3521 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 020DEG 17KT 3576 7782 3568 7738 3537 7715 

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

mlee

1 follow-up statement

137 
WWUS52 KMHX 282227
SVSMHX

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

NCC013-049-079-103-107-147-282245-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0029.000000T0000Z-210728T2245Z/
Jones NC-Greene NC-Lenoir NC-Craven NC-Pitt NC-Beaufort NC-
627 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN JONES...GREENE...LENOIR...NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN...
SOUTHERN PITT AND WEST CENTRAL BEAUFORT COUNTIES...

At 627 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Fremont to near Roundtree to Jasper, moving east
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...
Greenville, New Bern, Kinston, Winterville, Ayden, Farmville, La
Grange, River Bend, Grifton, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur, Vanceboro,
Shelmerdine, Calico, Black Jack, Fort Barnwell, Jasper, Tuscarora,
Dawson and Rhems.

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 3534 7782 3538 7780 3540 7780 3543 7783
      3557 7782 3567 7766 3558 7727 3545 7702
      3499 7712 3515 7762 3521 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 270DEG 17KT 3559 7789 3551 7745 3520 7722 

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

mlee

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, 4:37 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, 5:55 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.