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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this wind advisory at Oct 9, 2021, 10:06 AM EDT for Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina. It took effect at Oct 9, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2021, 10:06 AM EDT (14:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 10, 2021, 5:18 AM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Counties Carteret County, NC, Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 951 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
147 WWUS72 KMHX 091406 NPWMHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 1006 AM EDT Sat Oct 9 2021 NCZ196-204-205-100215- /O.NEW.KMHX.WI.Y.0003.211010T0000Z-211010T0600Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- Including the cities of Beaufort, Harkers Island, Sea Level, Cedar Island, Ocracoke, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras Village 1006 AM EDT Sat Oct 9 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...East Carteret County, Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 2 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
2 follow-up statements
599 WWUS72 KMHX 091937 NPWMHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 337 PM EDT Sat Oct 9 2021 NCZ196-204-205-100745- /O.EXT.KMHX.WI.Y.0003.211010T0000Z-211010T1000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- Including the cities of Beaufort, Harkers Island, Sea Level, Cedar Island, Ocracoke, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras Village 337 PM EDT Sat Oct 9 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EDT SUNDAY... * WHAT...Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island, and East Carteret County. * WHEN...From 8 PM this evening to 6 AM EDT Sunday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects. && $$
570 WWUS72 KMHX 100918 NPWMHX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC 518 AM EDT Sun Oct 10 2021 NCZ196-204-205-101030- /O.CAN.KMHX.WI.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-211010T1000Z/ East Carteret-Ocracoke Island-Hatteras Island- Including the cities of Beaufort, Harkers Island, Sea Level, Cedar Island, Ocracoke, Rodanthe, Avon, Buxton, Frisco, and Hatteras Village 518 AM EDT Sun Oct 10 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Winds have fallen below advisory criteria. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 10:15 AM EDT | Gale Warning | MHX | 24 hr | |
| Oct 9, 12:16 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico | 3 days |
| Oct 9, 3:45 PM EDT | High Surf Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 22 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.