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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

October 22, 20214 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 2021, 1:43 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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: Oct 22, 2021, 1:43 PM EDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired: Oct 22, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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
Oct 22, 1:48 PM EDT	HAIL 0.7	Potters Hill, NC	LENOIR CO. 911 RELAYED SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR POTTERS HILL.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 65 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: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1077 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

167 
WUUS52 KMHX 221743
SVRMHX
NCC061-103-107-133-221830-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0041.211022T1743Z-211022T1830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
143 PM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Jones County in eastern North Carolina...
  South central Lenoir County in eastern North Carolina...
  Northwestern Onslow County in eastern North Carolina...
  East central Duplin County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 230 PM EDT.

* At 143 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Potters Hill,
  or 16 miles northwest of Half Moon, 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...
  Phillips Crossroads, Richlands, Comfort, Petersburg, Pleasant Hill,
  Potters Hill, Pink Hill, Loco VFD, Pollocksville, Hargetts
  Crossroads and Trenton.

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 3506 7779 3517 7736 3510 7724 3493 7719
      3488 7775
TIME...MOT...LOC 1743Z 258DEG 23KT 3499 7768 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

5

2 follow-up statements

986 
WWUS52 KMHX 221800
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
200 PM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021

NCC061-107-221808-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-211022T1830Z/
Lenoir NC-Duplin NC-
200 PM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR AND EAST
CENTRAL DUPLIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3506 7761 3517 7736 3510 7724 3493 7719
      3493 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 258DEG 23KT 3501 7756 

$$

NCC103-133-221830-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-211022T1830Z/
Jones NC-Onslow NC-
200 PM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 PM EDT
FOR CENTRAL JONES AND NORTH CENTRAL ONSLOW COUNTIES...

At 158 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pleasant Hill,
or 13 miles north of Half Moon, 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...
Phillips Crossroads, Comfort, Pleasant Hill, Pollocksville and
Trenton.

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 3506 7761 3517 7736 3510 7724 3493 7719
      3493 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1758Z 258DEG 23KT 3501 7756 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

5

901 
WWUS52 KMHX 221817
SVSMHX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
217 PM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021

NCC103-133-221825-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0041.000000T0000Z-211022T1830Z/
Jones NC-Onslow NC-
217 PM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL JONES AND NORTH
CENTRAL ONSLOW COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has weakened.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3506 7761 3517 7736 3510 7724 3493 7719
      3493 7759
TIME...MOT...LOC 1810Z 258DEG 23KT 3503 7742 

$$

5

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 22, 4:21 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	16 hr
Oct 22, 2:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	40 min
Oct 22, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Tyrrell	51 min
Oct 22, 2:33 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		57 min
Oct 22, 2:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell	17 min
Oct 22, 3:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	27 min
Oct 22, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	34 min
Oct 22, 3:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	28 min
Oct 22, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		54 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.