Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

May 13, 1997, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)

Expired

May 13, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT

In force

53 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Craven County, NC, Pamlico County, NC

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 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.

000 
TTAA00 KMHX 140024 RRA
SVRMHX
NCC049-137-140115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
822 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTY...SOUTHERN PAMLICO COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS
 
 
AT 820 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF
NEW BERN. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
MOVE ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER TOWARD CHERRY POINT AND MINNESOTT BEACH. HAIL
BETWEEN DIME AND QUARTER SIZE IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
 
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.
 
 
RF

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 13, 2:14 PM EDT, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
214 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 1997

ZFP: CLEARING THIS EVENING...CLDS LAST TO GO IN THE N & NE ZNS WHERE
AN ISOLD SHRA TIL 03Z STILL PSBL. ACTUALLY SOME SUBSTANTIAL CAA OVN &
THIS COMBINED W/ CLR SKIES SHUD SEND LOW TEMPS INTO THE LOW/MID 50S XCPT
UPR 50S BEACHES. SUNNY WED MORNING...MSTLY SUNNY WED AFTN AS MID/UPR LVL
MOISTURE INCRS W/ WAA ALF TAKING HOLD. WED STILL LOOKING LIKE A DECENT
DOWNSLOPE DAY W/ A STRONG AFTN RESULTANT SEA BRZ ALG THE SE/CNTRL CSTS.
WED & THU AFTN BOTH LOOK VRY BREEZY INLAND & ALG DENSITY BOUNDARIES.
CSTL PLAIN E TO EWN/NCA SHUD BE ARND 80 FOR HIGHS W/ MID 70S BEACHES.
WED NIGHT/THU PTLY CDY W/ ONLY ISOLD SPRINKLES FM MID DECK CLDS. DO NOT
REALLY SEE MUCH CONVINCING FOR ADDITION OF POPS ERN NC THRU FCST PD.

CWF: WRKCWF LWRS SCA ON SRN WTRS. WNW FLO OVN W/ PSBL WK SURGE THIS
EVENING. FLO BECMG SW WED & INCRNG TO 20 KT LATE AS MIXING OVR LAND
THE PREDOMINATE FEATURE. HEADLINER HAS SCA XPCTD WED NIGHT AS SFC PRES
GRAD OVR WTRS TIGHTENS & MARINE GDNC POINTS TWD GUSTY WNDS W/ BLDG SEAS
S OF CAPE HATTERAS.

DISC: LOTS OF JET STREAM ENERGY & CD AIR ALF STIRRING UP A FEW TSRA IN
TN/KY THIS AFTN BUT FOR MHX CWA...W FLO AS EVIDENCED ON REGIONAL VWPS
KILLING MUCH CHC FOR SHRA AHD OF WK FNT. MHX 88D SHOWING WDLY SCT SHRA
ACRS NE NC WHERE LOW LVL CONVERGENCE IS A BIT STRONGER. CD AIR ALF WL
GLANCE ERN NC W/ BEST CHC FOR CNVTN ACRS VA THRU THE EVENING HOURS.
NEXT FNT APPROACHES LATE THU BUT ONCE AGAIN ATMOS LUKS LESS THAN PRIMED
FOR THUNDER W/ W FLO & LACK OF DEEP MOISTURE.

.MHX...NONE.

RVT

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

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