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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 19, 2023Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2023, 3:02 PM EDT for Greene County, Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 19, 2023, 3:02 PM EDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2023, 3:45 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Greene County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 19, 1:03 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2023-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1265 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 12:00Z on 2023-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 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
1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
4.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 11:39 AM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXCarteret, Dare8 hr
Jul 19, 2:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin31 min
Jul 19, 2:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt23 min
Jul 19, 3:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX39 min
Jul 19, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin26 min
Jul 19, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt48 min
Jul 19, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Jul 19, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt31 min
Jul 19, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington44 min
Jul 19, 4:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort51 min
Jul 19, 4:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt33 min
Jul 19, 4:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX65 min
Jul 19, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell47 min
Jul 19, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 min
Jul 19, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort38 min
Jul 19, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell49 min
Jul 19, 5:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin35 min
Jul 19, 5:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min
Jul 19, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare, Hyde53 min
Jul 19, 5:45 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX30 min
Jul 19, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX66 min
Jul 19, 5:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin47 min
Jul 19, 6:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico45 min
Jul 19, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones, Onslow33 min
Jul 19, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin, Jones, Onslow40 min
Jul 19, 6:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX50 min
Jul 19, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow26 min
Jul 19, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX52 min
Jul 19, 7:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde34 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.