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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Mar 31, 2021, 11:50 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 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 31, 2021, 11:50 PM EDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2021, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 559 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 734 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 31, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 7:52 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 10:26 AM EDT, 13 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1026 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-011430- 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- 1026 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon through around midnight tonight ahead of a strong cold front. The main threat is damaging winds, though an isolated tornado can't be ruled out. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Mornings lows Friday and Saturday will drop to below freezing inland from the immediate coast, with widespread frost and a freeze probable. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ203>205-011430- Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 1026 AM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this evening ahead of a strong cold front. The main threat is damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. 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 31, 6:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
608 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
NCZ090-091-312300-
Lenoir-Duplin-
608 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN JONES...SOUTHWESTERN
GREENE...WESTERN LENOIR AND NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTIES...
At 608 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Bowdens, or
near Warsaw, moving east at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Warsaw, La Grange, Mount Olive, Kornegay, Deep Run, Bowdens,
Beautancus, Kenansville, Albertson, Sarecta, Faison, Magnolia, Pink
Hill, Calypso and Sandy Bottom.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3504 7815 3509 7817 3519 7816
3518 7808 3519 7802 3517 7797 3517 7793
3515 7789 3516 7789 3518 7783 3534 7782
3537 7780 3537 7777 3506 7762 3483 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 2208Z 248DEG 35KT 3505 7819
8Special weather statement, Mar 31, 7:24 PM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
724 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
NCZ090>092-010015-
Jones-Lenoir-Duplin-
724 PM EDT Wed Mar 31 2021
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN JONES...LENOIR...
AND DUPLIN COUNTIES...
At 722 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Kenansville, or
10 miles east of Warsaw, moving east at 40 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Kinston, Wallace, Warsaw, Mount Olive, Grifton, Phillips Crossroads,
Kornegay, Rose Hill, Beulaville, Deep Run, Bowdens, Beautancus,
Comfort, Kenansville, Potters Hill, Graingers, Pleasant Hill, Wyse
Fork, Albertson and Harrells.
Torrential rainfall are also occurring with these storms, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
LAT...LON 3490 7815 3512 7817 3519 7800 3517 7797
3517 7793 3515 7789 3518 7783 3525 7783
3538 7746 3526 7743 3523 7747 3518 7739
3505 7734 3497 7752 3498 7763 3497 7768
3492 7765 3471 7814 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2322Z 251DEG 34KT 3500 7790
8The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Onslow | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 11:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min | |
| Apr 1, 12:12 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Apr 1, 12:27 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 1:09 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 66 min | |
| Apr 1, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 87 min | |
| Apr 1, 3:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more | 29 hr |
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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.