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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 19, 2021Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2021, 3:41 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 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 19, 2021, 3:41 PM EDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2021, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2021-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 207 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 2021-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
207 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 19, 1:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 4:02 AM EDT, 11 hours 39 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
402 AM EDT Mon Jul 19 2021

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193>196-198-199-203>205-200815-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-West Carteret-East Carteret-Inland Onslow-
Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island-
402 AM EDT Mon Jul 19 2021

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected today. Some storms
could produce gusty winds and locally heavy rainfall, which could
lead to flooding in urban and poor drainage areas.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Another round of showers and thunderstorms is expected Tuesday, with
localized flooding remaining a threat.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:41 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
341 PM EDT Mon Jul 19 2021

NCZ090-091-192045-
Lenoir-Duplin-
341 PM EDT Mon Jul 19 2021

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LENOIR AND
NORTHERN DUPLIN COUNTIES...

At 340 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Mount Olive to near Bowdens to
Clinton. Movement was east at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Kinston, Warsaw, La Grange, Mount Olive, Kornegay, Bowdens,
Beautancus, Kenansville, Institute, Albertson, Sarecta, Faison,
Calypso and Sandy Bottom.

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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

LAT...LON 3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7802 3518 7798
      3517 7797 3517 7793 3515 7789 3516 7789
      3518 7783 3536 7782 3537 7770 3517 7770
      3491 7786 3492 7815 3508 7816 3509 7817
TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 255DEG 20KT 3525 7812 3508 7817 3500 7832

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Jul 19, 5:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin38 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.