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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 22, 20215 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Feb 22, 2021, 2:08 PM EST for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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 22, 2021, 2:08 PM EST (19:08 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2021, 3:00 PM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 2021-02-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-02-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

597 
WWUS82 KMHX 221908
SPSMHX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
208 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

NCZ029-044-079-080-090-091-222000-
Greene-Beaufort-Lenoir-Martin-Duplin-Pitt-
208 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN JONES...GREENE...
LENOIR...NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN...PITT...MARTIN...NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT
AND DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 207 PM EST, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Sedley to 7 miles north of Rex. Movement was east
at 45 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Kinston, Washington, Winterville, Williamston, Ayden,
Farmville, Warsaw, La Grange, Mount Olive, Bethel, Grifton, Kornegay,
Stokes, Rose Hill, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur, Robersonville, Deep Run
and House.

LAT...LON 3519 7816 3518 7783 3557 7782 3580 7747
      3582 7735 3600 7741 3607 7733 3593 7719
      3594 7705 3586 7704 3590 7692 3581 7690
      3607 7664 3601 7669 3605 7660 3565 7700
      3472 7809 3474 7820 3475 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 288DEG 39KT 3679 7693 3497 7906 

$$

Simms

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 22, 2:50 AM ESTGale WarningMHX17 hr
Feb 22, 3:00 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt, Washington45 min
Feb 22, 3:06 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX84 min
Feb 22, 3:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir56 min
Feb 22, 3:32 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX88 min
Feb 22, 3:45 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Pitt, Washington45 min
Feb 22, 4:31 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Tyrrell44 min
Feb 22, 4:38 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX82 min
Feb 22, 4:54 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret, Craven, Pamlico51 min
Feb 22, 5:10 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningMHX50 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.