Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Jun 4, 2004, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)

Expired

Jun 4, 2004, 2:00 PM EDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Pitt County, NC

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 041718
SVRMHX
NCC147-041800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
118 PM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT
HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT

* AT 113 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES WEST OF
  FOUNTAIN...OR ABOUT 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILSON...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES NORTHWEST OF FOUNTAIN AROUND 130 PM EDT...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY
STRUCTURE UNTIL IT PASSES.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE TO
A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.

PLEASE REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS OR WIND DAMAGE TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL FREE...1-800-889-6889...WHEN YOU CAN
DO SO SAFELY.

LAT...LON 3561 7792 3553 7772 3571 7724 3588 7745

$$

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 10:20 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1020 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004

.SHORT TERM...SFC BNDRY EXTENDS FROM NEAR HSE TO RDU. NUMEROUS
SHOWERS AND A FEW TSRA ARE SPREADING N ACRS RGN THIS MORN AHEAD OF
UPR LOW THATS APPROACHING MTNS. WITH BNDRY ACRS RGN AND PLENTY OF
MOISTURE IN PLACE SHLD SEE GOOD DEAL OF PRECIP AS EXPECT GOOD
FORCING AHEAD OF UPR LOW. WL MONITOR RDR TRENDS BUT MAY BE ABLE TO
LOWER POPS A BIT SRN TIER WHERE CVRG MAY BE MORE SCT. CLDS SHLD
LIMIT HEATING AND INSTAB HOWEVER APPEARS SRN TIER WL SEE SOME SUN
WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME SEVERE. HIGHER HELICITY IS ALONG AND N OF
BNDRY SO WL HAVE TO WATCH FOR ROTATION WITH CELLS IN THIS REGION.

.MARINE...WL CONT TOWARD ETA SOLUTION. WL INCRS WINDS A BIT THIS
AFTN NRN TIER AS ALREADY 15 TO 20 N OF THE BNDRY. WL KEEP SCA
POSS/EXPECTED HEADLINE AS BEST GRDNT LOOKS LATER TONIGHT.

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
&&

RF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
401 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-050800-
BEAUFORT NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-GREENE NC-JONES NC-
LENOIR NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-ONSLOW NC-
OUTER BANKS DARE NC-OUTER BANKS HYDE NC-PAMLICO NC-PITT NC-
TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC BEACH...BAYBORO...BEAUFORT...
BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...BUXTON...CEDAR ISLAND...COLUMBIA...DUCK...
EMERALD ISLE...ENGELHARD...FRISCO...GREENVILLE...HARKERS ISLAND...
HATTERAS VILLAGE...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KENANSVILLE...
KILL DEVIL HILLS...KINSTON...KITTY HAWK...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR...
MANTEO...MOREHEAD CITY...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN...
NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...OCRACOKE...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL...
SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW...
WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON
401 AM EDT FRI JUN 4 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY
AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL BE THE TRIGGERING MECHANISM FOR SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA DURING
THE DAY AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF
THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS. ANOTHER HAZARD FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
WHEN DAYTIME HEATING IS AT ITS PEAK AND THE SEA BREEZE HAS DEVELOPED.
ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE...SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.