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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

March 28, 2021Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 28, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT for Martin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 14 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 28, 2021, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired: Mar 28, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Martin County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 139 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: 184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -190 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 936 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.8

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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 28, 1:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 1:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 28, 4:07 AM EDT, 11 hours 39 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
407 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

NCZ029-044-045-079-080-090>092-094-193-194-198-290815-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Greene-Beaufort-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-
Northern Craven-Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
407 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ046-047-081-195-196-199-203>205-290815-
Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Mainland Hyde-West Carteret-East Carteret-
Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
407 AM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Locally dense fog is expected through the early morning hours.
Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will develop late this
afternoon through the evening. Some storms may be be severe with
damaging winds, large hail and isolated tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 28, 3:46 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
346 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

NCZ029-282000-
Martin-
346 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY...

At 345 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Scotland Neck,
or 10 miles north of Tarboro, moving east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Hamilton and Oak City.

LAT...LON 3606 7732 3602 7723 3602 7722 3601 7721
      3599 7721 3599 7720 3597 7719 3596 7720
      3596 7719 3595 7720 3594 7720 3594 7737
      3600 7741 3607 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 259DEG 38KT 3605 7749

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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
Mar 27, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	28 min
Mar 27, 8:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		92 min
Mar 27, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	23 min
Mar 28, 3:53 AM EDT	Marine Dense Fog Advisory	MHX		4 hr
Mar 28, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Martin, Pitt	39 min
Mar 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Pitt	42 min
Mar 28, 4:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin, Lenoir	46 min
Mar 28, 4:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		38 min
Mar 28, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Washington	42 min
Mar 28, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	43 min
Mar 28, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Tyrrell, Washington	26 min
Mar 28, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		68 min
Mar 28, 5:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Tyrrell	19 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.