Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

May 10, 2003, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)

Expired

May 10, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Martin County, NC

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WUUS52 KMHX 102358
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
758 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MARTIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 845 PM EDT

* AT 757 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF OAK CITY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF TARBORO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS
  OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HASSELL AROUND 805 PM EDT
  GOLD POINT...AND HAMILTON AROUND 810 PM EDT
  ROBERSONVILLE AROUND 815 PM EDT
  EVERETTS AROUND 820 PM EDT
  WILLIAMSTON...AND BEARGRASS AROUND 825 PM EDT
  JAMESVILLE AROUND 840 PM EDT

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE 
FOR WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE HOMES 
SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND 
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE...
SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

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

LAT...LON 3608 7743 3592 7753 3559 7689 3580 7674

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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 3:33 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
333 PM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

SFC OBS INDICATE BOUNDARY FROM AROUND HSE NW TO DAN WITH SOME
CONCERN THAT TSTMS FIRING OVER SW VA WILL MOVE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY
SIMILAR TO FRI EVENING. WILL LEAVE IN 20-30 POPS TO COVER THIS. IF
THIS ACTIVITY STAYS N OF AREA...EXPECT LITTLE IF ANY OTHER
DEVELOPMENT OVER CWA DUE TO CAPPING.

MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT WITH COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH LATE SUN
BUT EXPECT LITTLE IF ANY CONVECTION OVER ERN NC AS WESTERLY FLOW
FROM SFC TO MID LVLS WILL INHIBIT DEVELOPMENT...BUT WILL PRODUCE
NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPS IN LOW 90S AWAY FROM COAST.

DRY AND COOLER MON-WED...THEN UNCERTAINTY END OF WEEK WITH DIFFERING
SOLUTIONS FROM MED RANGE MODELS. WILL GO WITH NCEP SOLUTION.

MARINE:  WEAK BNDRY N OF HAT WILL WEAKEN AND MOVE N WITH WINDS
BECOMING SW ALL AREAS THIS EVENING WITH SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 KT.
GRDNT TIGHTENS ON SUN BETWEEN OFFSHR HIGH AND GRT LAKES LOW. WILL
INCREASE WINDS NEAR SCA CONDITIONS BY SUN AFTN FOR ALL WATERS. FRONT
WILL CROSS REGION SUN NIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING MORE W/NW. HIGH
BUILDS IN MON INTO WED WITH WINDS/SEAS SUBSIDING. PRESS GRADIENT
EXPECTED TO TIGHTEN LATER ON THU WITH WINDS AND SEAS INCREASING.

.MHX...NONE.

JBM/RAP

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-101100-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
357 AM EDT SAT MAY 10 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...AS WELL AS A
FEW TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

WS

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.