Alert archive / North Carolina / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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 18, 2021, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
County Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1545 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 750 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted.
090
WWUS82 KMHX 181925
SPSMHX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
325 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021
NCZ090-198-199-182000-
Coastal Onslow-Inland Onslow-Duplin-
325 PM EDT Sun Jul 18 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WEST CENTRAL ONSLOW AND
SOUTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTIES...
At 325 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Catherine Lake,
or 8 miles west of New River Station, moving east at 20 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Jacksonville, Verona, Catherine Lake and Haws Run.
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 3469 7767 3472 7768 3477 7770 3480 7748
3461 7741 3457 7762
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 265DEG 15KT 3472 7759
$$
41The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 8:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Pitt | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven, Jones | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 4:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 44 min | |
| Jul 18, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 50 min |
| Jul 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Jul 18, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Hyde | 32 min |
| Jul 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Dare | 118 min |
| Jul 18, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 48 min |
| Jul 18, 5:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 46 min |
| Jul 18, 6:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min |
Nearby
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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.