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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 4, 2021Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2021, 9:20 AM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 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
Aug 4, 2021, 9:20 AM EDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2021, 9:45 AM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2021-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 494 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

874 
WWUS82 KMHX 041320
SPSMHX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
920 AM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

NCZ205-041345-
Hatteras Island-
920 AM EDT Wed Aug 4 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN DARE COUNTY...

At 918 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Hatteras Ferry Terminal, or 10 miles south of Frisco, moving
northeast at 45 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Avon, Buxton, Avon Pier and Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. 

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 3511 7547 3505 7570 3507 7573 3546 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1318Z 214DEG 40KT 3509 7559 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow9 hr
Aug 3, 8:46 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow23 hr
Aug 3, 11:07 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX38 min
Aug 4, 7:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXDare, Hyde3 hr
Aug 4, 7:13 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow3 hr
Aug 4, 10:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow3 hr
Aug 4, 10:14 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde3 hr
Aug 4, 2:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDare, Hyde3 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.