Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

May 26, 1997, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)

Expired

May 26, 1997, 5:45 PM EDT

In force

41 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Whole counties

County Craven County, NC

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS01 KMHX 262108 RRA
SVRMHX
NCC049-262145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
504 PM EDT MON MAY 26 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CRAVEN COUNTY
 
AT 504 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN NEWPORT INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN THE VICINITY OF CHERRY POINT ALONG THE NEUSE RIVER. THIS STORM
WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO 1 INCH AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH. THIS STORM...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH WILL MOVE
TO NEAR NORTH HARLOWE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN CRAVEN BY 530 PM.
 
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.
 
RVT/CG

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 1:13 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
113 PM EDT MON MAY 26 1997

RDU: TNT...AFT/EVE SHWRS/TSTMS THEN CLDY BRZY AND COOLER LTR TNT.
WOULD SAY WINDY OTR BNKS. LOWS 55-60 MANY SPOTS. WND SHFTNG NE 15-20
EXCEPT 15-25G OB. TUE...BRZY/WINDY M/CLDY MORN UP N WITH P/C IN THE
AFT. CNTRL AND S A TUFF CALL...CLDY MORN AND MAYBE SOME SUN BY
MID-AFT. COOL WITH NR 70 WITH 60S OB. TUE NGT/WED...P/C. 50S TUE NGT
AND LOW 70S WED.

DISC: FNT COMING. ADAP AND VARIOUS OTR NTRANS MACROS INDICATING
STRNG CONVRG ALNG BNDRY. ATMOS PRETTY JUICY S OF FNT AND EXPECT MORE
SHWRS/TSTMS TO FEED ON HEAT AND HUMIDITY THE REST OF THIS AFT/EVE.
CAPES ALRDY IN EXCESS OF 2000J CNTRL/S CST SO A FEW SVR CELLS NOT OUT
OF THE QUES AS WELL AS GD DNPOURS. LTR TNT AFTER FNT SINKS S OF REG A
CLASSIC SUBSIDENCE INVERSION WILL SET UP WITH LOW CLDS LINGERING ALL
NGT. SUBSIDENCE INVERSION AND NE WND WILL KP CLDS ARND A WHILE CNTRL
AND S ON TUE BEFORE SOME MID-AFT BRKS. ENUF DRY AIR FOR BECMG P/S UP
N. HOPEFULLY MDLS ARE CORRECT IN BRINGING ENUF DRY AIR DOWN FOR TUE
NGT INTO WED FOR P/C SKIES.

CWF...COLD HI FOR LATE MAY AND ITS HEADING FOR A POSITION WHERE NC
WTRS REALLY BLOW. SCA CONDS WILL BE MET FOR AT LEAST NEXT 36 HRS AND
MAY LINGER THRU ALL OF WED. LATER SHFTS CAN TRY AND TIME SPECIFIC
SURGES

.MHX...SCA CSTL WTRS AND SNDS FOR A WHILE.
GATES

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

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