Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 18, 1996Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1996, 6:39 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
Aug 18, 1996, 6:39 PM EDT (22:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Carteret County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXLenoir30 min
Aug 18, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.