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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 4, 2006Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 2006, 6:06 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2006, 6:06 PM EDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2006, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 4, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:57 AM EDT, 14 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
357 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-050800-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
357 AM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM THIS EVENING FOR HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH MAY PRODUCE SOME FLOODING
OF LOW-LYING AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
400 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

NCZ095-042100-
CARTERET-
400 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN CARTERET COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM EDT...

AT 400 PM EDT...A SHORT LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CEDAR
ISLAND TO 15 MILES NORTH OF HARKERS ISLAND...OR FROM CEDAR ISLAND TO
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORIENTAL...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR SOUTH RIVER...MERRIMON THROUGH 425
PM...AND HARKERS ISLAND AT 435 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. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND
INJURIES OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL
SHEDS...UNDER ISOLATED TREES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES.

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

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
407 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

NCZ081-042100-
WESTERN HYDE-
407 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN HYDE COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM
EDT...

AT 407 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ENGELHARD AND
NEAR MIDDLETOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

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. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND
INJURIES OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL
SHEDS...UNDER ISOLATED TREES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES.

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

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
433 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

NCZ093-042130-
CRAVEN-
433 PM EDT FRI AUG 4 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 433 PM EDT...A CLUSTER OF SLOW MOVING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
HAVELOCK...WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NORTH HARLOWE AT 510 PM EDT. OTHER
LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CHERRY POINT.

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. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND
INJURIES OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL
SHEDS...UNDER ISOLATED TREES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES.

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

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Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:11 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 5:35 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Pamlico50 min
Aug 4, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXHyde54 min
Aug 4, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX60 min
Aug 4, 7:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.