Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 1:03 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 1:03 PM EDT (17:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 1:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dare County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:23 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 Nw Nags Head Fishing, NC | TREES LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. ESTIMATED WINDS 60 MPH. |
| Aug 1, 1:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND GST 68 | 1 Nw Whalebone, NC | PUBLIC PERSONAL WEATHER STATION GUSTED TO 68 MPH. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 173 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
624
WUUS52 KMHX 011703
SVRMHX
NCC055-011745-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0033.210801T1703Z-210801T1745Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
103 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northern Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 145 PM EDT.
* At 103 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Point Harbor to near Mashoes to near East Lake,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kill Devil Hills, Southern Shores, Manns Harbor, Nags Head,
Mashoes, Manteo, Colington, Whalebone, Duck Coe Pier, Jockeys Ridge
State Park, Roanoke Island Festival Park, Wright Brothers National
Monument, Nags Head Fishing Pier, Avalon Pier, Wanchese, Bodie
Island Lighthouse and Outer Banks Fishing Pier.
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.
damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring
with these storms. 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.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3566 7546 3565 7548 3595 7601 3603 7587
3611 7586 3607 7580 3608 7579 3609 7574
3612 7575 3613 7575 3611 7574 3614 7575
3620 7576 3612 7552 3600 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1703Z 292DEG 37KT 3608 7579 3601 7579 3595 7592
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
51 follow-up statement
366
WWUS52 KMHX 011718
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
118 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
NCC055-011745-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0033.000000T0000Z-210801T1745Z/
Dare NC-
118 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 PM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DARE COUNTY...
At 118 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Avalon Pier to near Nags Head Fishing Pier to
near Manteo, moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kill Devil Hills, Southern Shores, Nags Head, Manteo, Colington,
Whalebone, Duck Coe Pier, Jockeys Ridge State Park, Roanoke Island
Festival Park, Wright Brothers National Monument, Nags Head Fishing
Pier, Avalon Pier and Outer Banks Fishing Pier.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3580 7546 3579 7549 3599 7591 3603 7587
3611 7586 3607 7580 3608 7579 3609 7574
3620 7576 3612 7552 3600 7545
TIME...MOT...LOC 1718Z 285DEG 38KT 3608 7561 3601 7561 3595 7574
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
5The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Aug 1, 8:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:14 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:19 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:29 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 31 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 48 min | |
| Aug 1, 9:59 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 10 min | |
| Aug 1, 11:52 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Aug 1, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 72 min | |
| Aug 1, 12:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Currituck | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 44 min |
| Aug 1, 12:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 42 min | |
| Aug 1, 1:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 97 min | |
| Aug 1, 1:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 min | |
| Aug 1, 1:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 56 min |
| Aug 1, 1:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Lenoir | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 2:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 43 min |
| Aug 1, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 2:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt | 49 min |
| Aug 1, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Pamlico | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min | |
| Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 95 min | |
| Aug 1, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 93 min | |
| Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Jones | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 5:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Aug 1, 6:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 6:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 46 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.