Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 30, 2021Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT for Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2021, 2:44 PM EDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:47 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 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: 2048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

049 
WUUS52 KMHX 301844
SVRMHX
NCC079-147-301930-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0031.210730T1844Z-210730T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
244 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Greene County in eastern North Carolina...
  West central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 244 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northwest
  of Farmville, moving southeast 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, Farmville, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur, Maury, Lizzie,
  Fountain, Castoria, Fort Run VFD, Shine, Bull Head VFD and
  Walstonburg.

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 3557 7782 3572 7760 3555 7741 3539 7780
      3541 7781 3542 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 316DEG 16KT 3565 7773 

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

Heden

2 follow-up statements

041 
WWUS52 KMHX 301903
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
303 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NCC079-147-301930-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210730T1930Z/
Greene NC-Pitt NC-
303 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EDT
FOR GREENE AND WEST CENTRAL PITT COUNTIES...

At 303 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
Farmville, moving southeast 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, Farmville, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur, Maury, Lizzie,
Fountain, Castoria, Fort Run VFD, Shine, Bull Head VFD and
Walstonburg.

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 this storm.
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 3557 7782 3572 7760 3555 7741 3539 7780
      3541 7781 3542 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1903Z 314DEG 27KT 3562 7774 

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

Heden

788 
WWUS52 KMHX 301921
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
321 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

NCC079-147-301930-
/O.EXP.KMHX.SV.W.0031.000000T0000Z-210730T1930Z/
Greene NC-Pitt NC-
321 PM EDT Fri Jul 30 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GREENE AND WEST CENTRAL PITT
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 PM EDT...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3557 7782 3572 7760 3555 7741 3539 7780
      3541 7781 3542 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 316DEG 20KT 3558 7767 

$$

Heden

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 30, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene	55 min
Jul 30, 7:54 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		51 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2021 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.