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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 3, 2021Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2021, 9:52 AM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
Jun 3, 2021, 9:52 AM EDT (13:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2021, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2021-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 959 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
748 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.2

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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 Jun 3, 9:25 AM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:25 AM EDT, 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:52 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
952 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

NCZ092-198-031445-
Jones-Inland Onslow-
952 AM EDT Thu Jun 3 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN JONES AND
NORTHEASTERN ONSLOW COUNTIES...

At 952 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Jacksonville,
moving northeast at 20 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, New River Station, Half Moon, Pumpkin Center, Camp
Lejeune Center, Piney Green, Maysville, Midway Park, Kellum,
Belgrade, Deppe and Loco VFD.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3467 7739 3476 7753 3504 7732 3490 7711
TIME...MOT...LOC 1352Z 216DEG 18KT 3477 7742

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 2:49 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Duplin, Greene and 9 more31 hr
Jun 3, 11:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more3 hr
Jun 3, 2:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Craven, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more3 hr
Jun 3, 3:04 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX30 hr
Jun 3, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX39 min
Jun 3, 5:34 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico3 hr
Jun 3, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXGreene, Martin, Pitt3 hr
Jun 3, 7:56 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningMHXPitt25 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.