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Special Weather Statement, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 19, 2026Duplin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2026, 8:47 PM EDT for Duplin 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2026, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2026, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
40

County Duplin County, NC

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2026-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2007 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 2026-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
2007 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1079 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
8.6

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 8:08 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 8:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt52 min
Jul 19, 8:56 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX64 min
Jul 19, 9:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXTyrrell35 min
Jul 19, 10:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX73 min
Jul 19, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX61 min
Jul 19, 11:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare20 min
Jul 19, 11:58 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jul 20, 12:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPamlico28 min
Jul 20, 2:59 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryMHXDuplin, Onslow13 hr
Jul 20, 12:08 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Jul 20, 12:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Jul 20, 12:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare26 min
Jul 20, 1:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare48 min
Jul 20, 1:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Jul 20, 1:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones50 min
Jul 20, 1:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Jul 20, 2:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones29 min
Jul 20, 2:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin38 min
Jul 20, 2:25 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX69 hr
Jul 20, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 min
Jul 20, 3:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare28 min
Jul 20, 3:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones24 min
Jul 20, 3:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXWashington36 min
Jul 20, 3:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt49 min
Jul 20, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
Jul 20, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXBeaufort36 min
Jul 20, 3:41 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX64 min
Jul 20, 3:49 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX56 min
Jul 20, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort21 min
Jul 20, 4:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde44 min
Jul 20, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Martin, Washington42 min
Jul 20, 4:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort3 hr
Jul 20, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX41 min
Jul 20, 4:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXHyde31 min
Jul 20, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin41 min
Jul 20, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Martin, Pitt44 min
Jul 20, 4:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell3 hr
Jul 20, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX38 min
Jul 20, 5:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXBeaufort, Pitt2 hr
Jul 20, 5:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Jul 20, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin33 min
Jul 20, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXPitt29 min
Jul 20, 5:48 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX27 min
Jul 20, 5:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin34 min
Jul 20, 6:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXMartin38 min
Jul 20, 6:26 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDuplin34 min
Jul 20, 6:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir32 min
Jul 20, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXJones37 min
Jul 20, 7:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXLenoir29 min
Jul 20, 7:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMHXCraven, Jones3 hr

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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.