Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

May 12, 2001, 5:41 PM EDT (21:41 UTC)

Expired

May 12, 2001, 6:30 PM EDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Greene County, NC, Lenoir County, NC

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.

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WUUS52 KMHX 122142
SVRMHX
NCC079-107-122230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
541 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  GREENE COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER JASON...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA
  GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   SNOW HILL AT 550 PM EDT.
   DAWSON AT 600 PM EDT.
   HOOKERTON AT 605 PM EDT.
   ORMONDSVILLE AT 625 PM EDT.

 OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MOSS HILL...MAURY AND DEEP
  RUN.

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTdER.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

LAT...LON 3544 7785 3517 7783 3502 7770 3553 7747

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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 12, 1:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
150 PM EDT SAT MAY 12 2001

THE 17Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED THE LEE SIDE TROF ACROSS THE WRN
PIEDMONT WITH THE ACTUAL COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING ACROSS THE
TENN VALLEY. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN MOVING THIS BOUNDARY
OFFSHORE BETWEEN 06Z AND 12Z SUNDAY. IN THE WARM AND UNSTABLE
AIRMASS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH LIS IN THE -3 TO -6 RANGE
CURRENTLY...EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY THRU THE
EVENING HOURS AND PERHAPS HANGING AROUND AFTER MIDNIGHT. THINK
ACROSS THE BOARD 40 PCT POPS SHOULD COVER THE SITUATION AS LOW-LEVEL
MOIST INFLOW IS RATHER LIMITED WITH THE WSW/SW FLOW. USING A BLEND
OF GUIDANCE TEMPS YIELDS MINS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 6OS.
ON SUNDAY...STG CAA TAKES PLACE AS H8 TEMPS TUMBLE FROM 13C TODAY TO
ABOUT 8C SUNDAY. STILL A PLEASANT DAY AS MAX TEMPS REACH THE LOWER
70S EXCEPT UPPER 60S ON THE OUTER BANKS. WILL FCST PTCLDY ON THE
OUTER BANKS WITH SOME RESIDUAL MOISTURE LIKELY LEFTOVER BEHIND THE
BOUNDARY IN THE MORNING...WITH MOSTLY SUNNY ELSEWHERE. SUNDAY NIGHT
WILL BE UNSEASONABLY COOL AGAIN WITH MINS OVER MOST MAINLAND AREAS
INTO THE UPPER 40S. IN THE EXTND PERIOD...AVN/MRF INDICATE ANOTHER
DECENT FRONT TO AFFECT US IN THE TUES/WEDS TIMEFRAME WITH ANOTHER
SHOT AT NEEDED RAINFALL.

CWF: TOWERS ARE BLOWING AT OR NEAR 25 KT...WHILE BUOYS CLOSER TO
SHORE ARE STILL IN THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE. 20 TO 25 KT MARGINAL SCA
SHOULD STILL HOLD FOR TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE N AS THE FRONT COMES THROUGH AFTER MIDNIGHT. AND SHOULD
REMAIN NEAR SCA THRESHOLDS INTO EARLY SUN MORNING...DIMINISHING TO
15 KT DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.MHX...SCA FOR CSTL WATERS AND SOUNDS.

COLLINS/BANDY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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