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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 11, 1999Martin County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1999, 8:28 PM EDT for Martin County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 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
Apr 11, 1999, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 1999, 8:55 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, NC

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 11, 3:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The text

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 11, 2:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 2:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
250 PM EDT SUN APR 11 1999

SHORT TERM: SVR THREAT THIS EVE...MAINLY NRN SECTIONS WITH BEST
LIFT. WIDELY SCT ACTVTY DEVELOPING SW OF RDU AND PLAN ON CHC POPS
FOR A THIS EVENING PERIOD...BUT WILL UP TO LIKELY IF LINE DEVELOPS.

LONG TERM: CLEARING BEHIND COLD FRONT TONIGHT WITH GOOD CAA
CONTINUING INTO TUE. WEAK SHORT WV AND SOME LOW LVL MSTR UNDER
SUBSIDENCE INVERSION WILL PRODUCE MSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS DURING
DAY. THEN CLEARING AGAIN MON NIGHT.

LOCAL TEMP SCHEME IN BALL PARK WITH MOS AND WILL GENERALLY USE
COMPROMISE NUMBERS. WILL LEAN TOWARD COOLER NUMBERS MON AS FWC LOOKS
TOO WARM WITH CLOUDS AND CAA EXPECTED.

CWF: WILL RAISE SCA ALL WATERS WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE
OVERNIGHT WITH POST-FRONTAL SURGE. SCA CONDITIONS LIKELY TO CONTINUE
INTO TUE.

.MHX...SCA COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS.

JBM

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 11, 3:29 PM EDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
329 PM EDT SUN APR 11 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0213 PM    MANTEO ARPT               NC   68 MPH TSTM GUST
04/11/99   DARE                           3 AIRPLANES BLOWN OVER

0220 PM    WANCHESE                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
04/11/99   DARE                           *** 8 INJ ***
                                          CIRCUS TENT BLOWN DOWN.
                                          MINIMUM OF 8 INJURIES.
                                          NUMEROUS WATERSPOUTS IN
                                          SOUND.

0222 PM                              NC   104 MPH TSTM GUST
04/11/99   DARE                           OREGON INLET LIVE READING
0238 PM    FARMVILLE                 NC   1 INCH HAIL
04/11/99   PITT

0242 PM                              NC
04/11/99   DARE                           FUNNEL CLOUD JUST EAST OF
                                          OREGON INLET MOVING SSE AT
                                          40 MPH.

0308 PM    FARMVILLE                 NC   TORNADO
04/11/99   PITT                           TORNADO WAS SITED 8 MILES
                                          SE OF FARMVILLE BY CHANNEL
                                          7 MEDIA PERSONNEL.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 4:29 PM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
329 PM EST SUN APR 11 1999

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0213 PM    MANTEO ARPT               NC   68 MPH TSTM GUST
04/11/99   DARE                           3 AIRPLANES BLOWN OVER

0220 PM    WANCHESE                  NC   WIND DAMAGE
04/11/99   DARE                           *** 8 INJ ***
                                          CIRCUS TENT BLOWN DOWN.
                                          MINIMUM OF 8 INJURIES.
                                          NUMEROUS WATERSPOUTS IN
                                          SOUND.

0222 PM                              NC   104 MPH TSTM GUST
04/11/99   DARE                           OREGON INLET LIVE READING

0238 PM    FARMVILLE                 NC   1 INCH HAIL
04/11/99   PITT

0242 PM                              NC
04/11/99   DARE                           FUNNEL CLOUD JUST EAST OF
                                          OREGON INLET MOVING SSE AT
                                          40 MPH.

0308 PM    FARMVILLE                 NC   TORNADO
04/11/99   PITT                           TORNADO WAS SITED 8 MILES
                                          SE OF FARMVILLE BY CHANNEL
                                          7 MEDIA PERSONNEL.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 4:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
342 PM EST SUN APR 11 1999

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0340 PM    DOVER                     NC   TORNADO
04/11/99   CRAVEN                         SPOTTER OBSERVED TORNADO
                                          AND WATCHED IT TOUCHDOWN.
Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
526 PM EDT SUN APR 11 1999

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0513 PM    VANCEBORO                 NC   TORNADO
04/11/99   CRAVEN                         TORNADO SPOTTED AT WEST
                                          CRAVEN HIGH SCHOOL

0513 PM    NEW BERN                  NC   TORNADO
04/11/99   CRAVEN                         TORNADO SPOTTED AT SPRING
                                          GARDEN
Local storm report, Apr 11, 5:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 8:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

Sources

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