Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Apr 23, 1997, 1:46 AM EDT (05:46 UTC)

Expired

Apr 23, 1997, 2:30 AM EDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Carteret County, NC

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:49 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.

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WUUS01 KMHX 230547 RRA
SVRMHX
NCC031-230630-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
146 AM EDT WED APR 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CARTERET COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 143 AM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE COASTAL
WATERS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EMERALD ISLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING
RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH AND WILL CROSS THE COAST NEAR ATLANTIC
BEACH AND BEAUFORT INLET BETWEEN 150 AND 200 AM. THIS STORM WILL
LIKELY PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 22, 9:00 PM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
900 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997

DISC: WKNG AREA OF PRECIP ON 88D PSSNG SRN BRDR OF CWA ATTM.  LKS
LIKE A BREAK IN ACTN UNTIL MRNG WHEN NXT IMPULSE COMES THRU.

CWF: WNDS NRN WTRS MAY REMAIN MORE N-NE OVRNGT W/FRNTL BNDRY S OF
AREA...MAY HAVE TO MODIFY SOUNDS USING SAME REASONING.  SRN WTRS
FCST LOOKS FINE.

.MHX...GALE WARNING COASTAL WATERS N OF CAPE LOOKOUT.

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In the hours before

NCZ080-095-093-047-090-079-081-092-091-029-104-098-094-503-044-
046-045-502-501-103-230215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
1035 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997

...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS
OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY...

LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY
OVERNIGHT.  UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL ACCOMPANY THE
LOW PRESSURE AREA SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA.

A WARM FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL COUNTIES WILL LIKELY FOCUS
THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES
ALONG THE COAST FROM ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES NORTHEAST TO THE
SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
.
BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD
ALLOWING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME WARM AND UNSTABLE OVER MUCH OF THE
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COAST AND COASTAL PLAIN. A MODERATE RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED MAINLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM NEW
BERN WEST TO KINSTON DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS
WEDNESDAY.

ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...A SLIGHT RISK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED
LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PERSONS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE
WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND BE PREPARED TO INVOKE EMERGENCY ACTION
PROCEDURES IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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