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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 9, 2021Beaufort County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 9, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT for Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 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
Apr 9, 2021, 4:21 PM EDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2021, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Beaufort County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 81 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 75 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
75 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

011 
WWUS82 KMHX 092021
SPSMHX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
421 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

NCZ044-080-193-092100-
Beaufort-Northern Craven-Pitt-
421 PM EDT Fri Apr 9 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL CRAVEN...
SOUTHEASTERN PITT AND NORTHWESTERN BEAUFORT COUNTIES...

At 420 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Shelmerdine, or
9 miles east of Winterville, moving northeast at 10 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Washington, River Road, Calico, Shelmerdine, Black Jack, Wilmar,
Bunyan, Old Ford, Goose Creek State Park, Chocowinity, Washington
Park and Grimesland.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3536 7721 3552 7734 3566 7705 3548 7688
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 240DEG 4KT 3547 7723 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 4:03 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX62 hr
Apr 9, 4:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington32 min
Apr 9, 5:04 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX41 min
Apr 9, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Apr 9, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX23 min
Apr 9, 6:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 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.