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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 11, 2021Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2021, 12:22 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 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: Jul 11, 2021, 12:22 PM EDT (16:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 1:00 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 48 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jul 11, 10:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 10:05 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 5:02 AM EDT, 7 hours 20 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
502 AM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-203-120915-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-
502 AM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-196-199-204-120915-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
502 AM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Beach Hazards Statement.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ205-120915-
Hatteras Island-
502 AM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING SOUTH OF
CAPE HATTERAS...
...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING NORTH OF
CAPE HATTERAS...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

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

   Beach Hazards Statement.
   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

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

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 12:22 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1222 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NCZ092-198-111700-
Jones-Inland Onslow-
1222 PM EDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL JONES AND CENTRAL
ONSLOW COUNTIES...

At 1222 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Verona, or 7
miles west of New River Station, moving northeast at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, New River Station, Half Moon, Pumpkin Center, Camp
Lejeune Center, Piney Green, Richlands, Kellum, Midway Park, Verona,
Catherine Lake, Comfort, Belgrade, Petersburg, Albert J Ellis
Airport, Richlands South, Deppe, Haws Run and Loco VFD.

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

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 3467 7766 3473 7768 3505 7748 3480 7712
      3479 7716 3478 7716 3478 7717 3458 7755
TIME...MOT...LOC 1622Z 225DEG 21KT 3470 7757

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 5:06 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	15 hr
Jul 11, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	34 min
Jul 11, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	26 min
Jul 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow	24 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.