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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 9, 2022Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2022, 11:36 PM EDT for Duplin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2022, 11:36 PM EDT (03:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2022, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:39 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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1348 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2022-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
1348 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
861 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 10:40 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 10:40 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:17 AM EDT, 18 hours 19 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
517 AM EDT Sat Jul 9 2022

NCZ195-196-199-204-205-100930-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
517 AM EDT Sat Jul 9 2022

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

Showers and thunderstorms with intense rainfall rates are likely
later today through tonight, with an elevated risk of flooding and
flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

An elevated risk of flooding and flash flooding may continue into
Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-203-100930-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-
517 AM EDT Sat Jul 9 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Showers and thunderstorms with intense rainfall rates are likely
later today through tonight, with an elevated risk of flooding and
flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

An elevated risk of flooding and flash flooding may continue into
Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
808 PM EDT Sat Jul 9 2022

NCZ044-080-193-100100-
Beaufort NC-Northern Craven NC-Pitt NC-
808 PM EDT Sat Jul 9 2022

...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of north central
Craven, southeastern Pitt and southwestern Beaufort Counties through
900 PM EDT...

At 808 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wilmar, or 7 miles southwest of River Road, moving southeast at 15
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...
Blounts Creek, Vanceboro, Askins, Cayton, Bonnerton, Cox Crossroads,
Wilmar, Edward and Ernul.

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 3542 7723 3553 7706 3534 7676 3515 7715
TIME...MOT...LOC 0008Z 320DEG 13KT 3542 7709

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort52 min
Jul 9, 8:41 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXDare23 hr
Jul 9, 9:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCraven, Jones, Pamlico115 min
Jul 9, 10:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Jul 9, 10:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXPitt114 min
Jul 9, 11:44 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Jul 10, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin30 min

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.