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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 7, 2021Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2021, 3:13 PM EDT for Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2021, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

Counties Greene County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1428 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

203 
WWUS82 KMHX 071913
SPSMHX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
313 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021
 
NCZ029-044-079-080-072000-
Greene NC-Beaufort NC-Martin NC-Pitt NC-
313 PM EDT Sat Aug 7 2021

...A strong thunderstorm with heavy rain will impact portions of 
Greene, northern Pitt, southwestern Martin and northwestern Beaufort 
Counties through 400 PM EDT...

At 312 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bruce, or near Farmville, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Greenville, Farmville, Bethel, Stokes, Snow Hill, Bell Arthur,
Robersonville, House, Bruce, Maury, Ormondsville, Lizzie, East
Carolina University, Pitt Greenville Airport, Dowdy Ficklen Stadium,
Fountain, Castoria, Fort Run VFD, Bull Head VFD and Parmele.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3581 7744 3581 7742 3583 7741 3582 7735
      3587 7735 3591 7728 3572 7711 3550 7747
      3539 7777 3553 7782 3557 7782
TIME...MOT...LOC 1912Z 242DEG 48KT 3565 7750 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin29 min
Aug 7, 8:26 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXGreene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt2 hr
Aug 7, 11:02 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX43 min
Aug 7, 12:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX36 min
Aug 7, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt42 min
Aug 7, 2:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Greene, Martin, Pitt117 min
Aug 7, 5:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin, Lenoir85 min
Aug 7, 6:58 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXDuplin, Jones, Lenoir2 hr

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.