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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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 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.
- 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
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 $$ 27
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 4:03 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 62 hr | |
| Apr 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Washington | 32 min |
| Apr 9, 5:04 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 41 min | |
| Apr 9, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Apr 9, 6:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 23 min | |
| Apr 9, 6:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 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.