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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 14, 2021Tyrrell County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Apr 14, 2021, 11:04 PM EDT for Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 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 14, 2021, 11:04 PM EDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2021, 11:30 PM EDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Tyrrell County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 00:00Z on 2021-04-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 95 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2021-04-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 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 Apr 14, 10:12 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:12 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:40 PM EDT, 6 hours 24 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
440 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

NCZ090-092-194-198-199-152045-
Duplin-Jones-Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-Coastal Onslow-
440 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.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.

NCZ195-196-152045-
West Carteret-East Carteret-
440 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-091-094-193-152045-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Lenoir-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
440 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this
afternoon and evening. Should any storms become severe, the biggest
threats will be damaging wind gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ203>205-152045-
Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
440 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this
afternoon and evening. Should any storms become severe, the biggest
threats will be damaging wind gusts and large hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 14, 6:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 47 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
617 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

NCZ044-079-142300-
Greene-Pitt-
617 PM EDT Wed Apr 14 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN GREENE AND NORTHWESTERN
PITT COUNTIES...

At 617 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Wilson, or 16
miles west of Farmville, moving east at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Farmville, Bell Arthur, Bruce, Lizzie, Fountain,
Castoria, Walstonburg and Falkland.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3567 7767 3576 7752 3580 7747 3581 7742
      3582 7740 3548 7741 3554 7782 3557 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 271DEG 23KT 3565 7789

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 10:17 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 14, 11:04 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 8:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Apr 14, 9:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell, Washington52 min
Apr 14, 10:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Tyrrell, Washington36 min
Apr 14, 10:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX33 min
Apr 14, 10:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Apr 14, 10:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare35 min
Apr 14, 11:11 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX17 min
Apr 15, 5:18 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX33 hr
Apr 15, 3:13 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX16 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.