Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 2:02 PM EDT for Beaufort County, Martin County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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, 2:15 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Falkland, NC | REPORTED LARGE TREE DOWN. |
| Aug 1, 2:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 4 Sw Falkland, NC | TRAINED SPOTTER FROM FIRE DEPT REPORTED MULTIPLE TREES DOWN ON SEVEN PINES RD. |
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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
616
WUUS52 KMHX 011802
SVRMHX
NCC013-117-147-011845-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0034.210801T1802Z-210801T1845Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
202 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
South central Martin County in eastern North Carolina...
Northwestern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 245 PM EDT.
* At 202 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bruce, or
near Farmville, moving east at 25 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, Washington, Farmville, River Road, Stokes, Bell Arthur,
Pinetown, Pactolus, House, Black Jack, Bruce, Bayview, Bunyan, Core
Point, Terra Ceia, Yeatesville, Old Ford, Pitt Greenville Airport,
Dowdy Ficklen Stadium and Goose Creek State Park.
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 3566 7667 3539 7675 3561 7763 3571 7761
3575 7753 3577 7751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 282DEG 46KT 3568 7753
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
111 follow-up statement
553
WWUS52 KMHX 011832
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
232 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
NCC013-117-147-011845-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210801T1845Z/
Pitt NC-Martin NC-Beaufort NC-
232 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL PITT...SOUTH CENTRAL MARTIN AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT
COUNTIES...
At 232 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pactolus, or 8
miles northeast of Greenville, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Washington, Farmville, River Road, Stokes, Bell Arthur,
Pinetown, Pactolus, House, Black Jack, Bruce, Bayview, Bunyan, Core
Point, Terra Ceia, Yeatesville, Old Ford, Pitt Greenville Airport,
Dowdy Ficklen Stadium and Goose Creek State Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.
&&
LAT...LON 3566 7667 3539 7675 3561 7763 3571 7761
3575 7753 3577 7751
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 275DEG 26KT 3565 7724
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
11The 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, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 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, 2:26 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.