Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
300 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2002

FOCUS TNGT IN WSHFT BNDRY MOVG S THRU CWA. NOT A GREAT DEAL OF
ENERGY ALOFT TO KEY ON XCPT IN AVN DEPICTION OF WEAK VORT TAIL
TRANSITING ERN NC 00Z-03Z AMID A MOIST COLUMN. LOW LVL LIFTING
MECHANISM MAY KEEP UPDRAFTS ACTIVE IN EVENING PERIOD AND PLAN ON
RETAINING SCT POPS. BIG TIME DRYING ALOFT NOTED WED AND THU AS
WARM SUBSIDENT RIDGE SHIFTS TO THE MID ATLC. NO MAJOR COOLING
WITH SWEEPING FRONT BUT PLEASANT DEWPOINTS WILL COUNT AS BONUS.
BROUGHT CHC RAIN BACK BY SUNDAY WITH TEMP ADHERING NEAR CLIMO.

MARINE: AVN SEEMS LIKE THE BEST CHOICE WITH FASTER FRONTAL MOVEMENT
BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS. MAIN THERMAL FRONT WILL LIKELY JUMP
INTO SFC TROUGH AXIS OVER ESTRN NC LATER THIS EVENING THEN PUSH S OF
THE AREA LATE. WILL CONTINUE THE TREND OF A BRIEF NE 15-20 KT SURGE
OVER THE NRN WATERS AND SOUNDS WED BUT KEEP SRN WATERS LIGHTER WITH
SPEEDS OF 15 KT TOPS. ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHES THU NIGHT WITH SLIGHT
INC OF SW WINDS. THIS FRONT DRIFTS ACROSS THE REGION FRI BUT WILL
NOT HAVE AS MUCH PUNCH AS THE CURRENT BOUNDARY AS FCST SFC HIGH NOT
AS STRONG.

.MHX...NONE.

COLBY/ELARDO

NCZ080-201830-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
204 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BEAUFORT COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM
EDT...

AT 204 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 12 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BELHAVEN.  THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TERRA CEIA AT 250 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAY 32 AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON
AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS ALSO PRODUCING AN
EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA.

JO

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
247 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLAND HYDE...BEAUFORT...
MAINLAND DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM EDT...

AT 247 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF
MANNS HARBOR TO 13 MILES WEST OF BELHAVEN...OR FROM 12 MILES EAST OF
COLUMBIA TO 12 MILES EAST OF WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BELHAVEN AT 305 PM EDT...MANNS
HARBOR AT 330 PM EDT.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON
AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN
EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA.

NP

NCZ044-079-202015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
308 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL
415 PM EDT...

AT 308 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
SNOW HILL...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE NEAR LIZZIE AT 340 PM EDT...MAURY AT 350 PM EDT...HOOKERTON AT 415
PM EDT...SNOW HILL AT 420 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY
THE STORMS INCLUDE AYDEN...BRUCE...FALKLAND...FARMVILLE...FOUNTAIN...
GREENVILLE...ORMONDSVILLE...RENSTON...SIMPSON...STOKES...WHITEHURST
AND WINTERVILLE.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON
AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN
EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA.

NP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
420 PM EDT TUE AUG 20 2002

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

0330 PM    3W MANNS HARBOR           NC   0.75 IN HAIL
08/20/02   MAINLAND DARE                  DIME SIZE HAIL AND WIND
                                          GUST TO 50 MPH REPORTED
                                          AT THE ALLIGATOR WILDLIFE
                                          REFUGE

0407 PM    MANTEO                    NC   1.00 IN HAIL
08/20/02   OUTER BANKS DARE               SEVERAL REPORTS OF HAIL
                                          UP TO QUARTER SIZE IN
                                          MANTEO BY DAR EOC