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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 26, 2022Dare County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2022, 4:23 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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 26, 2022, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Dare County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 368 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2022-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 26, 3:56 PM EDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 3:56 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 4:09 AM EDT, 12 hours 14 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
409 AM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022

NCZ195-196-199-204-205-270815-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
409 AM EDT Tue Jul 26 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.

Heat indices are forecast to reach between 100 and 105 degrees this
afternoon and evening.

A few strong storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are
possible late this afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Heat indices will reach as high as 105 degrees through much of the
upcoming week.

A few strong storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are
possible on Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-203-270815-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-
409 AM EDT Tue Jul 26 2022

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Heat indices are forecast to reach between 100 and 105 degrees this
afternoon and evening.

A few strong storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are
possible late this afternoon and evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

Heat indices will range from 100 to 105 degrees through early in the
week, then increase to 105 to 110 degrees mid to late week.

A few strong storms capable of producing damaging wind gusts are
possible on Wednesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 4:20 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX84 min
Jul 26, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXGreene, Martin, Pitt45 min
Jul 26, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Jul 26, 5:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow43 min
Jul 26, 6:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort, Washington37 min
Jul 26, 6:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort34 min
Jul 26, 7:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Jul 26, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell31 min
Jul 26, 7:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 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.