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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 28, 20218 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2021, 6:39 PM EDT for 8 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min. 5 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, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2021, 7:45 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 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.
Jul 28, 6:54 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	3 Ene James City, NC	TREE/LARGE LIMBS DOWN ON POWER LINES REPORTED BY TIDELAND EMC. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 28, 7:25 PM EDT	TSTM WND DMG	Beulaville, NC	TREES DOWN ACROSS THE COUNTY INCLUDING IN BEAULAVILLE AND MAGNOLIA. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.
Jul 28, 7:54 PM EDT	MARINE TSTM WIND 43	1 E New River Station, NC	ASOS MEASURED A 37 KNOT GUST AT NEW RIVER AIR STATION.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

905 
WUUS52 KMHX 282239
SVRMHX
NCC049-061-079-103-107-133-137-147-282345-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0030.210728T2239Z-210728T2345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
  Southern Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
  Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
  Craven County in eastern North Carolina...
  South central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
  Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
  Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...
  West central Pamlico County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 638 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 miles south of La Grange to near Graingers to near
  River Bend, 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...
  Greenville, Jacksonville, New Bern, Kinston, Havelock, Ayden,
  Wallace, La Grange, Pumpkin Center, Piney Green, New River Station,
  Half Moon, Camp Lejeune Center, James City, Trent Woods, River
  Bend, Grifton, Phillips Crossroads, Kornegay and Rose Hill.

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 3518 7799 3515 7789 3518 7783 3534 7782
      3538 7780 3542 7782 3552 7748 3536 7708
      3522 7685 3482 7696 3478 7723 3457 7755
      3458 7762 3472 7768 3472 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 342DEG 26KT 3522 7781 3532 7744 3511 7716 

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

mlee

2 follow-up statements

292 
WWUS52 KMHX 282317
SVSMHX

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

NCC079-137-147-282327-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210728T2345Z/
Greene NC-Pitt NC-Pamlico NC-
717 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GREENE...SOUTH
CENTRAL PITT AND WEST CENTRAL PAMLICO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
eastern North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3518 7799 3515 7789 3518 7783 3526 7782
      3538 7749 3517 7716 3514 7698 3511 7693
      3504 7694 3505 7693 3507 7692 3482 7696
      3478 7723 3457 7755 3458 7762 3472 7768
      3472 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 270DEG 26KT 3500 7768 3510 7731 3489 7703 

$$

NCC049-061-103-107-133-282345-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210728T2345Z/
Jones NC-Lenoir NC-Craven NC-Onslow NC-Duplin NC-
717 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR JONES...LENOIR...CENTRAL CRAVEN...ONSLOW AND DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 717 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Potters Hill to 6 miles southwest of Tuscarora to
near Catfish Lake, moving east 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...
Jacksonville, New Bern, Kinston, Havelock, Wallace, Pumpkin Center,
Piney Green, New River Station, Half Moon, Camp Lejeune Center, James
City, Trent Woods, River Bend, Grifton, Phillips Crossroads,
Kornegay, Rose Hill, Richlands, Beulaville and Deep Run.

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 3518 7799 3515 7789 3518 7783 3526 7782
      3538 7749 3517 7716 3514 7698 3511 7693
      3504 7694 3505 7693 3507 7692 3482 7696
      3478 7723 3457 7755 3458 7762 3472 7768
      3472 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 270DEG 26KT 3500 7768 3510 7731 3489 7703 

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

mlee

742 
WWUS52 KMHX 282341
SVSMHX

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

NCC049-061-103-107-133-282351-
/O.EXP.KMHX.SV.W.0030.000000T0000Z-210728T2345Z/
Jones NC-Lenoir NC-Craven NC-Onslow NC-Duplin NC-
741 PM EDT Wed Jul 28 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR JONES...LENOIR...CENTRAL
CRAVEN...ONSLOW AND DUPLIN COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM EDT...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and have exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.  However small hail, gusty winds and heavy rain
are still possible with these thunderstorms.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for
eastern North Carolina.

LAT...LON 3518 7799 3515 7789 3518 7783 3526 7782
      3538 7749 3517 7716 3514 7698 3511 7693
      3504 7694 3505 7693 3507 7692 3482 7696
      3478 7723 3457 7755 3458 7762 3472 7768
      3472 7811
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 270DEG 26KT 3485 7762 3495 7725 3474 7697 

$$

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, 5:47 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, 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.