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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 27, 2021Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 27, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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: Mar 27, 2021, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 8:30 PM EDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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: 830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -89 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 749 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

236 
WUUS52 KMHX 280002
SVRMHX
NCC055-280030-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0008.210328T0002Z-210328T0030Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Dare County in eastern North Carolina...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 802 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Frisco,
  moving east at 60 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...
  Frisco, Avon, Buxton, Hatteras Ferry Terminal, Avon Pier and Cape
  Hatteras Lighthouse.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay
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 3545 7546 3513 7547 3507 7563 3506 7565
      3531 7575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 249DEG 53KT 3520 7559 

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

RTE

1 follow-up statement

873 
WWUS52 KMHX 280027
SVSMHX

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

NCC055-280037-
/O.EXP.KMHX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210328T0030Z/
Dare NC-
827 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN DARE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 830 PM EDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
Newport.

LAT...LON 3545 7546 3513 7547 3507 7563 3506 7565
      3531 7575
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 249DEG 53KT 3533 7517 

$$

RTE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 27, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		92 min
Mar 27, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	23 min
Mar 28, 3:53 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		4 hr
Mar 28, 3:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	14 min
Mar 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	39 min
Mar 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	42 min
Mar 28, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	46 min
Mar 28, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		38 min
Mar 28, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	42 min
Mar 28, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	43 min
Mar 28, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	26 min
Mar 28, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		68 min
Mar 28, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	19 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.