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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 27, 2021Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 6:28 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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: Mar 27, 2021, 6:28 PM EDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 7:15 PM EDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Mar 27, 6:41 PM EDT	HAIL 2	1 Ne Rose Hill, NC

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
Mar 27, 5:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 95 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: 132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -315 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

164 
WUUS52 KMHX 272228
SVRMHX
NCC061-272315-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0004.210327T2228Z-210327T2315Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
628 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 715 PM EDT.

* At 627 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Harrells, or
  near Wallace, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Wallace, Kornegay, Rose Hill, Beulaville, Cypress Creek,
  Kenansville, Chinquapin, Potters Hill, Harrells, Sarecta, Magnolia,
  Greenevers, Lyman and Teachey.

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 3487 7816 3514 7794 3504 7775 3502 7775
      3497 7768 3495 7767 3492 7765 3474 7769
      3472 7768 3472 7794 3471 7798 3473 7802
      3473 7803 3472 7811 3471 7813 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 225DEG 35KT 3475 7810 

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

SGK

1 follow-up statement

842 
WWUS52 KMHX 272248
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
648 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCC061-272315-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-210327T2315Z/
Duplin NC-
648 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM EDT
FOR DUPLIN COUNTY...

At 647 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kenansville, or
10 miles north of Wallace, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained weather spotters. At 645 PM, a trained spotter 
         reported up to tennis ball size hail near Rose Hill.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Wallace, Kornegay, Rose Hill, Beulaville, Cypress Creek, Kenansville,
Chinquapin, Potters Hill, Harrells, Sarecta, Magnolia, Greenevers,
Lyman and Teachey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.

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 3487 7816 3514 7794 3504 7775 3502 7775
      3497 7768 3495 7767 3492 7765 3474 7769
      3472 7768 3472 7794 3471 7798 3473 7802
      3473 7803 3472 7811 3471 7813 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 225DEG 35KT 3489 7793 

HAIL...2.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 9:01 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		5 hr
Mar 27, 3:56 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		11 hr
Mar 27, 3:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		54 hr
Mar 27, 6:45 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones and 6 more	3 hr
Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones, Onslow	24 min
Mar 27, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	70 min
Mar 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt	81 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	63 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	48 min
Mar 27, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pitt	43 min
Mar 27, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		55 min
Mar 27, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		64 min
Mar 27, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	76 min
Mar 27, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	67 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.