Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
905 PM EDT WED AUG 20 1997

ZFP: LTL TIME TO LOOK AT MUCH AS BAND OF TSRA CONTS TO ADVNCE E AHD
OF LEE TROF AND SHOUD CONT INTO THE CSTL ZNS BEFORE WEAKENING/REDVLPG
OFFSHORE AFTR MIDNGT. PRBLY CAN CUT POPS TO SLGT CHC INLND OVRNGT W/
GOOD CHC POPS CONTG CST PER WK ADAP CNVRGNC...THEN ONLY CHCY LTR AS
BNDRY LKLY WL BE SLW TO MOV OFFSHR. AGREE THAT SOME BR PSBL BUT APRS
ENUF SW TRAJ TO KEEP FRM BEING WDSPRD. TEMPS SLW TO FALL WITH MST IN
THE LW/MID 70S PER LINGERING SOUPY DWPTS.

CWF: AGREE THAT SCA QUITE MARG MST SPOTS AS LLJ A BIT WEAKER THAN
PROGGED LAST EVE. MIX TO WTR LKLY TO INCRS AS TROF/TSRA NEARS AND
GIVEN VWP RUNNING ARND 25 KTS IN THE BLYR WL HAVE TO CONT SCA. ALSO
APRS SPLIT IS ALMST IDENTICAL AND WL RECOMBO ON UPDT.

.MHX...SCA NC COASTAL WATERS.
JH

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
616 PM EDT WED AUG 20 1997

...A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN AND
NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS...

AT 615 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN NEWPORT SHOWED A LARGE CLUSTER OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE GREENVILLE AREA NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH
THE ALBEMARLE SOUND REGION. AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF STORMS WAS LOCATED
WEST OF THE GOLDSBORO AREA WITH BOTH AREAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH.

WHILE NO SEVERE THUNDERTORMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED SO FAR...CONDITIONS DO
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA.

PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS
EVENING AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY. IF OUTDOORS AND THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SAFE SHELTER INDOORS....IF OUT ON THE WATER...
SEEK SAFE HARBOR.

GGW

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC
807 PM EDT WED AUG 20 1997

...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA HAS EXPIRED...

AT 805 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN NEWPORT CONTINUED TO SHOW CLUSTERS OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS AND COASTAL COUNTIES ADJACENT TO
THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE OVER THE
INLAND AREAS AND GRADUALLY PUSH INTO THE COASTAL REGIONS BY 9 PM BEFORE
WEAKENING. ALTHOUGH SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL...WIDESPREAD SEVERE ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED.

JH