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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Aug 21, 2021, 6:19 PM EDT for Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 41 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 21, 2021, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2021, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 30
County Washington County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1346 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 Aug 21, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 21, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 404 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021 NCZ195-196-199-203>205-222015- West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Northern Outer Banks- Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- 404 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021 ...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Beach Hazards Statement. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-222015- Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort- Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven- Southern Craven-Inland Onslow- 404 PM EDT Sat Aug 21 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 6:19 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Aug 21, 3:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 5:29 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 2 hr |
| Aug 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 117 min |
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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.