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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 16, 2021Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Feb 16, 2021, 12:08 AM EST for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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: Feb 16, 2021, 12:08 AM EST (05:08 UTC)
Expired: Feb 16, 2021, 12:45 AM EST
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Feb 15, 10:48 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 10:48 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 4:55 PM EST, 7 hours 13 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
455 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-203>205-162200-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-West Carteret-East Carteret-Inland Onslow-
Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
455 PM EST Mon Feb 15 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms with the threat of damaging
winds guts, and isolated tornadoes will be possible late tonight
into tomorrow morning. Heavy downpours embedded in strong
thunderstorms may lead to localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Another strong storm system will bring the threat of strong to
severe thunderstorms to the area Thursday into Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 16, 12:08 AM EST, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1208 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

NCZ090>092-198-160545-
Jones-Lenoir-Inland Onslow-Duplin-
1208 AM EST Tue Feb 16 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL JONES...
SOUTHWESTERN LENOIR...NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW AND EASTERN DUPLIN
COUNTIES...

At 1207 AM EST, a strong thunderstorm was located near Chinquapin, or
8 miles east of Wallace, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wallace, Richlands, Beulaville, Deep Run, Cypress Creek, Comfort,
Chinquapin, Potters Hill, Petersburg, Pleasant Hill, Albert J Ellis
Airport, Richlands South, Sarecta, Greenevers, Pink Hill, Lyman and
Hargetts Crossroads.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

LAT...LON 3517 7774 3500 7733 3470 7767 3472 7768
      3472 7796 3471 7798 3473 7802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0507Z 216DEG 44KT 3475 7785

SGK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 12:45 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones	30 min
Feb 16, 12:56 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Onslow	3 hr
Feb 16, 1:10 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones, Onslow	50 min
Feb 16, 1:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	34 min
Feb 16, 2:01 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Martin, Pitt, Washington	3 hr
Feb 16, 2:09 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		66 min
Feb 16, 2:14 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Carteret	46 min
Feb 16, 3:14 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		61 min
Feb 16, 3:18 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	27 min
Feb 16, 3:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Jones	7 days
Feb 16, 3:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Onslow	34 hr
Feb 16, 5:06 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		54 min
Feb 16, 5:58 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		62 min
Feb 16, 11:21 AM EST	River Flood Warning	MHX	Jones	11 days

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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.