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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 1, 20214 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 2:41 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report 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, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2021, 3:30 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 1, 3:05 PM EDTTSTM WND DMG4 Nne Goose Creek State, NCTRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED DEBRIS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL BLOWN ACROSS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 1, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 87 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 756 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

874 
WUUS52 KMHX 011841
SVRMHX
NCC013-095-117-147-011930-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0036.210801T1841Z-210801T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
241 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Pitt County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
  South central Martin County in eastern North Carolina...
  Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 240 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Old Ford, or
  near Washington, 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...
  Washington, River Road, Belhaven, Pinetown, Ransomville, Pungo,
  Pamlico Beach, Bunyan, Pike Road, Winsteadville, Bayview, Sidney
  Crossroads, Terra Ceia, Yeatesville, Old Ford, Goose Creek State
  Park, Bayview Ferry Terminal, Chocowinity, Long Acre VFD and
  Washington 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 3551 7720 3569 7720 3570 7648 3538 7658
TIME...MOT...LOC 1840Z 273DEG 33KT 3560 7712 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 7:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Aug 1, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Aug 1, 8:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Aug 1, 8:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Aug 1, 9:14 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Aug 1, 9:19 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX41 min
Aug 1, 9:29 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX31 min
Aug 1, 9:57 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX48 min
Aug 1, 9:59 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX10 min
Aug 1, 11:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX55 min
Aug 1, 11:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX72 min
Aug 1, 12:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCurrituck36 min
Aug 1, 12:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare44 min
Aug 1, 12:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 min
Aug 1, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare42 min
Aug 1, 1:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX97 min
Aug 1, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX65 min
Aug 1, 1:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Pitt56 min
Aug 1, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir53 min
Aug 1, 2:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt43 min
Aug 1, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir49 min
Aug 1, 3:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Aug 1, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Hyde, Jones, Pamlico45 min
Aug 1, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington39 min
Aug 1, 3:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Aug 1, 3:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX66 min
Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
Aug 1, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Pamlico48 min
Aug 1, 4:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare, Hyde40 min
Aug 1, 4:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min
Aug 1, 4:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX95 min
Aug 1, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX93 min
Aug 1, 5:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones46 min
Aug 1, 5:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Aug 1, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret45 min
Aug 1, 6:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX55 min
Aug 1, 7:29 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 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.