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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

October 22, 2021Dare County, Hyde County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 22, 2021, 2:39 PM EDT for Dare County, Hyde County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 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
Oct 22, 2021, 2:39 PM EDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2021, 2:56 PM EDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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 2021-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 313 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

617 
WUUS52 KMHX 221839
SVRMHX
NCC055-095-177-221930-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0042.211022T1839Z-211022T1930Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
  West central Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
  Southern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 330 PM EDT.

* At 239 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Alligator
  Lake, or 27 miles southeast of Plymouth, 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...
  Gum Neck, Kilkenny, Killkenny, Fort Landing, Buffalo City 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3554 7638 3571 7639 3588 7585 3561 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 257DEG 25KT 3566 7631 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement
700 
WWUS52 KMHX 221856
SVSMHX

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

NCC055-095-177-221906-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0042.000000T0000Z-211022T1930Z/
Hyde NC-Dare NC-Tyrrell NC-
256 PM EDT Fri Oct 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HYDE...WEST
CENTRAL DARE AND SOUTHERN TYRRELL COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3554 7638 3571 7639 3588 7585 3561 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1851Z 257DEG 25KT 3569 7616 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 22, 4:21 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde16 hr
Oct 22, 1:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow34 min
Oct 22, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow40 min
Oct 22, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell51 min
Oct 22, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX57 min
Oct 22, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow27 min
Oct 22, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow34 min
Oct 22, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington28 min
Oct 22, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX54 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.