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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 28, 20235 counties in North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2023, 9:14 PM EDT for 5 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
Apr 28, 2023, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2023, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Craven County, NC, Greene County, NC, Martin County, NC, Pitt County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2023-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 962 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 2023-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
962 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
869 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Apr 28, 8:28 PM EDT, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 8:28 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 3:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
328 PM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-291930-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-
328 PM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

A second threat for isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms may
develop this afternoon and evening with a risk of damaging winds and
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered thunderstorms may develop Sunday afternoon and bring a
risk of damaging winds, heavy rain, and an isolated threat for a
tornado.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ204-291930-
Ocracoke Island-
328 PM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

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

   Beach Hazards Statement.

A second threat for isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms may
develop this afternoon and evening with a risk of damaging winds and
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered thunderstorms may develop Sunday afternoon and bring a
risk of damaging winds, heavy rain, and an isolated threat for a
tornado.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ196-291930-
East Carteret-
328 PM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

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

   Beach Hazards Statement.
   Moderate Rip Current Risk.

A second threat for isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms may
develop this afternoon and evening with a risk of damaging winds and
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered thunderstorms may develop Sunday afternoon and bring a
risk of damaging winds, heavy rain, and an isolated threat for a
tornado.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ195-199-291930-
West Carteret-Coastal Onslow-
328 PM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon 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.

A second threat for isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms may
develop this afternoon and evening with a risk of damaging winds and
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered thunderstorms may develop Sunday afternoon and bring a
risk of damaging winds, heavy rain, and an isolated threat for a
tornado.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ203-205-291930-
Northern Outer Banks-Hatteras Island-
328 PM EDT Fri Apr 28 2023

...BEACH HAZARDS STATEMENT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

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

   Beach Hazards Statement.

A second threat for isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms may
develop this afternoon and evening with a risk of damaging winds and
hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Scattered thunderstorms may develop Sunday afternoon and bring a
risk of damaging winds, heavy rain, and an isolated threat for a
tornado.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 8:24 PM EDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 9:00 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 8:03 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementMHXDare24 hr
Apr 28, 8:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt36 min
Apr 28, 8:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene, Martin, Pitt45 min
Apr 28, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort45 min
Apr 28, 9:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin42 min
Apr 28, 9:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico52 min
Apr 28, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX40 min
Apr 28, 9:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort31 min
Apr 28, 10:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico26 min
Apr 28, 10:28 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Apr 28, 10:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow48 min
Apr 28, 10:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde37 min
Apr 28, 11:03 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX42 min
Apr 28, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX50 min
Apr 28, 11:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Apr 29, 3:37 AM EDTGale WatchMHX12 hr
Apr 29, 3:46 PM EDTGale WarningMHX34 hr
Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDTCoastal Flood AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Dare, Onslow34 hr
Apr 29, 4:03 PM EDTHigh Surf AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Dare, Hyde, Onslow37 hr
Apr 29, 4:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX38 min
Apr 29, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven43 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.