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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 2:33 PM EDT for 4 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 7, 2021, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2021, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 30
Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 1428 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 758 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
335
WWUS82 KMHX 071833
SPSMHX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
233 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
NCZ029-044-079-080-091-071915-
Greene NC-Beaufort NC-Lenoir NC-Martin NC-Pitt NC-
233 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
...Strong thunderstorms with heavy rain will impact portions of
Greene, northern Lenoir, Pitt, western Martin and northwestern
Beaufort Counties through 315 PM EDT...
At 232 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Lewiston Woodville to 8 miles northwest
of Farmville to 10 miles west of Mount Olive. Movement was east at
30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 30 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Kinston, Winterville, Williamston, Ayden, Farmville, La
Grange, Bethel, Grifton, Stokes, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur,
Robersonville, Pactolus, House, Bruce, Dawson, Graingers, Institute
and Jason.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3601 7721 3593 7719 3593 7709 3594 7705
3589 7702 3586 7704 3586 7701 3570 7713
3517 7762 3519 7783 3534 7782 3538 7780
3543 7783 3557 7782 3580 7747 3583 7739
3582 7735 3591 7734 3600 7741 3607 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1832Z 249DEG 34KT 3606 7723 3567 7772 3525 7826
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
$$
27The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:01 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 8:26 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:02 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 43 min | |
| Aug 7, 12:54 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 36 min | |
| Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 3:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Pitt | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 5:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin, Lenoir | 85 min |
| Aug 7, 6:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir | 2 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.