Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
- Aug 1, 2021, 3:21 PM EDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Beaufort County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
077 WUUS52 KMHX 011921 SVRMHX NCC013-055-095-177-187-012000- /O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0038.210801T1921Z-210801T2000Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 321 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021 The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Washington County in eastern North Carolina... Hyde County in eastern North Carolina... West central Dare County in eastern North Carolina... Northeastern Beaufort County in eastern North Carolina... Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina... * Until 400 PM EDT. * At 320 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Scuppernong to near Winsteadville, moving east at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Belhaven, Killkenny, Ponzer, Swindell Fork, Scranton, Alligator, Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Fairfield, Pungo, New Holland, Columbia, East Lake, Woodley, Nebraska, Rose Bay, Wenona, Pike Road, Leechville and Lake Landing. 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. Large hail and 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. && LAT...LON 3540 7598 3551 7682 3593 7662 3591 7579 TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 278DEG 39KT 3589 7642 3548 7657 HAIL...0.88IN WIND...60MPH $$ Simms
1 follow-up statement
577 WWUS52 KMHX 011941 SVSMHX Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 341 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021 NCC013-055-095-177-187-012000- /O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210801T2000Z/ Washington NC-Hyde NC-Dare NC-Beaufort NC-Tyrrell NC- 341 PM EDT Sun Aug 1 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON...HYDE...WEST CENTRAL DARE...EAST CENTRAL BEAUFORT AND TYRRELL COUNTIES... At 340 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Gum Neck to near Sladesville, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Belhaven, Killkenny, Ponzer, Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Scranton, Fairfield, Swindell Fork, New Holland, East Lake, Nebraska, Leechville, Rose Bay, Lake Landing, Middletown, Fort Landing, Buffalo City, Lake Mattamuskeet, Frying Pan Landing and Alligator Lake. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office in Newport at 1-800-889-6889. Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. && LAT...LON 3540 7598 3550 7673 3589 7635 3587 7580 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 284DEG 30KT 3576 7612 3546 7644 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ Simms
The 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, 2:02 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, 3:38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.