Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 3, 1999, 4:21 PM EST for Greene County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 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
- Mar 3, 1999, 4:21 PM EST (21:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 1999, 5:20 PM EST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 4:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Jason, NC | Roofs blown off and trees blown down in Jason. Roof blown off trailer in Lizzie. |
| Mar 3, 4:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Kinston, NC | Tractor trailor flipped over in 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 2:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 1:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 33 min |
| Mar 3, 1:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 31 min |
| Mar 3, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 35 min |
| Mar 3, 4:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 49 min |
| Mar 3, 4:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Onslow | 59 min |
| Mar 3, 4:46 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pitt | 59 min |
| Mar 3, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin | 64 min |
| Mar 3, 6:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 31 min |
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.