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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 20, 2021Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 10:42 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 63 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 20, 2021, 10:42 PM EDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 2021-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 502 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 2021-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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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 20, 7:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 9:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
902 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>092-094-193-194-198-220115-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Greene-Beaufort-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-
Pamlico-Northern Craven-Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
902 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

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

   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Flash Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ047-081-203-220115-
Mainland Dare-Mainland Hyde-Northern Outer Banks-
902 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

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

   Tropical Storm Warning.
   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Tropical Storm Warning.
   Flash Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-196-199-204-220115-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
902 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

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

   Tropical Storm Warning.
   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Tropical Storm Warning.
   Flash Flood Watch.
   Beach Hazards Statement.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ205-220115-
Hatteras Island-
902 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING IN EFFECT...
...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...
...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

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

   Tropical Storm Warning.
   Flash Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

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

   Tropical Storm Warning.
   Flash Flood Watch.
   Beach Hazards Statement.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 10:42 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1042 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

NCZ079-090-210345-
Greene-Duplin-
1042 PM EDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN GREENE...
SOUTHWESTERN LENOIR AND DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 1041 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Rose Hill to near Wards Corner.
Movement was northeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Wallace, Warsaw, La Grange, Kornegay, Rose Hill, Bowdens, Beautancus,
Kenansville, Jason, Albertson, Sarecta, Magnolia, Greenevers, Pink
Hill, Teachey and Shine.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

LAT...LON 3490 7815 3499 7815 3519 7804 3517 7797
      3517 7793 3515 7789 3518 7784 3536 7780
      3543 7783 3558 7781 3537 7777 3518 7783
      3514 7776 3501 7773 3472 7790 3471 7798
      3473 7802 3471 7813 3484 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 0241Z 202DEG 31KT 3485 7810 3457 7806

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 8:57 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow23 hr
Jun 20, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin, Onslow23 min
Jun 21, 2:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX35 min
Jun 21, 3:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXPitt111 min
Jun 21, 8:14 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX36 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Carolina, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.