Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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.
- 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
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
$$
SimmsThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2:50 AM EST | Gale Warning | MHX | 17 hr | |
| Feb 22, 3:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 3:06 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 84 min | |
| Feb 22, 3:19 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 56 min |
| Feb 22, 3:32 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 88 min | |
| Feb 22, 3:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Pitt, Washington | 45 min |
| Feb 22, 4:31 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Beaufort, Tyrrell | 44 min |
| Feb 22, 4:38 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 82 min | |
| Feb 22, 4:54 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 51 min |
| Feb 22, 5:10 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 50 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.