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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

October 9, 2021Carteret County, Dare County, Hyde County, North Carolina

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.

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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2021-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 951 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 2021-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 10:15 AM EDTGale WarningMHX24 hr
Oct 9, 12:16 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Carteret, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico3 days
Oct 9, 3:45 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde22 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.