Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1999, 10:17 PM EDT for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 1999, 10:17 PM EDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1999, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:20 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Kinston, NC | Dime size hail reported by 911 center. |
| Aug 18, 10:32 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | Kinston, NC | Several large trees down near Kinston. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.