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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

February 22, 2021Carteret County, Craven County, Pamlico County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Feb 22, 2021, 4:54 PM EST for Carteret County, Craven County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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, 4:54 PM EST (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Feb 22, 2021, 5:45 PM EST
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Pamlico County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 22 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: 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

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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 22, 4:25 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 4:25 PM EST, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 3:19 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
319 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-203>205-232030-
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-
319 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

A line of showers and thunderstorms will cross the area this
afternoon through early evening. A few storms could become stronger,
with damaging wind gusts being the primary threat.

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

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 2:08 PM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:19 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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

NCZ044-079-080-090>092-193-198-222115-
Greene-Jones-Beaufort-Lenoir-Inland Onslow-Northern
Craven-Duplin-Pitt-
319 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT JONES...SOUTHERN GREENE...LENOIR...
NORTHWESTERN CRAVEN...SOUTHEASTERN PITT...NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW...
SOUTHWESTERN BEAUFORT AND DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 319 PM EST, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from near Lizzie to near Ammon. Movement was east at 40
mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Kinston, Wallace, Warsaw, La Grange, Mount Olive, Grifton, Phillips
Crossroads, Kornegay, Rose Hill, Richlands, Beulaville, Deep Run,
Blounts Creek, Vanceboro, Askins, Bowdens, Cayton, Cypress Creek,
Calico and Beautancus.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3490 7815 3509 7817 3519 7816 3518 7808
      3519 7802 3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789
      3518 7784 3534 7782 3538 7780 3543 7783
      3544 7673 3513 7715 3511 7716 3471 7768
      3471 7798 3473 7802 3471 7813 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 273DEG 36KT 3551 7765 3483 7861

mlee

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 3:45 PM EST, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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

NCZ029-044>046-079>081-222130-
Greene-Washington-Beaufort-Mainland Hyde-Tyrrell-Martin-Pitt-
345 PM EST Mon Feb 22 2021

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN GREENE...NORTHEASTERN
LENOIR...WASHINGTON...NORTHERN CRAVEN...EASTERN PITT...NORTHWESTERN
HYDE...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN...BEAUFORT AND NORTHWESTERN TYRRELL
COUNTIES...

At 344 PM EST, radar indicated showers were located along a line
extending from 7 miles west of Cape Colony to near Grifton. Movement
was east at 55 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Washington, Winterville, Williamston, Ayden, Plymouth,
River Road, Grifton, Belhaven, Pinetown, Pungo, Shelmerdine,
Pactolus, Calico, Black Jack, Columbia, Wenona, Pike Road, Roundtree
and Woodley.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3541 7677 3540 7746 3543 7748 3540 7759
      3592 7703 3586 7704 3590 7692 3581 7688
      3589 7683 3587 7675 3601 7669 3602 7668
      3605 7662 3606 7665 3607 7664 3601 7651
      3608 7641 3611 7618 3610 7599 3614 7587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 266DEG 47KT 3601 7671 3542 7742

mlee

Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:31 PM EST, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:54 PM EST, 0 minutes before

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The 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, 2:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt	52 min
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, 5:10 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		50 min

Nearby

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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.