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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 23, 2025Duplin County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2025, 3:44 PM EDT for Duplin County, Onslow County, 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 23, 2025, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2025, 4:30 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 Duplin County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 306 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2025-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 295 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, Charleston AFB, SC at 12:00Z on 2025-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 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
295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
879 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 2:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow42 min
Apr 23, 3:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXOnslow118 min
Apr 23, 3:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXOnslow43 min
Apr 23, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven, Pamlico41 min
Apr 23, 3:55 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX65 min
Apr 23, 4:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven29 min
Apr 23, 4:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones50 min
Apr 23, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir36 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.