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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 27, 2021Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 27, 2021, 5:36 PM EDT for Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 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, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 27, 2021, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Counties Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 49 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: 132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -315 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Mar 27, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 3:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 27, 2:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
252 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-203>205-281900-
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-
252 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging winds and large
hail will be possible late this afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop Sunday afternoon
through early evening. Some storms may be be severe with damaging
winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 27, 5:36 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
536 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

NCZ090-092-198-272200-
Jones-Inland Onslow-Duplin-
536 PM EDT Sat Mar 27 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL JONES...WESTERN
CRAVEN...NORTHERN ONSLOW AND SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 536 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Catherine Lake,
or near Half Moon, moving northeast at 35 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, New River Station, Half Moon, Pumpkin Center,
Richlands, Maysville, Kellum, Verona, Catherine Lake, Comfort,
Belgrade, Petersburg, Albert J Ellis Airport, Richlands South, Deppe,
Haws Run, Loco VFD, Pollocksville and Trenton.

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 3478 7768 3517 7736 3513 7729 3498 7710
      3492 7711 3463 7751
TIME...MOT...LOC 2136Z 225DEG 33KT 3479 7754

SGK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 26, 9:01 PM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		5 hr
Mar 27, 3:56 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		11 hr
Mar 27, 3:56 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		54 hr
Mar 27, 6:45 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones and 6 more	3 hr
Mar 27, 6:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Greene, Pitt	70 min
Mar 27, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	47 min
Mar 27, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Pitt	81 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	63 min
Mar 27, 6:57 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin	48 min
Mar 27, 7:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Pitt	43 min
Mar 27, 7:35 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		55 min
Mar 27, 7:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		64 min
Mar 27, 7:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	76 min
Mar 27, 7:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Dare	67 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.