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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 204, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

August 5, 2006Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2006, 12:01 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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 5, 2006, 12:01 PM EDT (16:01 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2006, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Carteret County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 5, 9:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 9:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
930 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006

.SHORT TERM /TODAY/...FINALLY AFTER A FRONTAL PASSAGE TEMPS AND
DEWPOINTS WILL START TO RELAX FOR A WHILE. THIS SHOULD BRING SOME
MUCH NEEDED RELIEF FOR EASTERN NC ALTHOUGH IN SOME POCKETS HI VALUES
WILL STILL REACH NEAR 100 DEGREES. LOOK FOR SCAT T-STORMS THROUGHOUT
TODAY AND MUCH OF THE EVE AS THE UPPER LVL SYSTEM HANGS UP OVER THE
AREA. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE A NICE FOCUSING MECH FOR CONVECTION.
T-STORMS ALREADY DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AND
THERE ARE PLENTY OF SHOWER PATCHES UPSTREAM.

&&

.AVIATION...POCKETS OF MVFR AROUND THE AREA WILL BECOME IFR OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS AS VISIBILITIES IMPROVE FROM THE EARLY MORNING
FOG/HAZE. SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AT ALL AREA
TERMINALS. BEST CHANCE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE FRONT.

&&

.MARINE...BASED ON CURRENT COASTAL/BUOY OBS NEED TO BUMP UP WIND
SPEEDS FOR THE SOUNDS...AND COASTAL WATERS MAINLY NORTH OF HATTERAS
WHERE SPEEDS ARE AROUND 15 KNOTS BUT FORECAST HAS ONLY 5-10. WILL
ALSO BUMP UP SEAS A FOOT OR SO IN THIS AREA. DUCK REPORTING 3-4 FEET
WHERE FORECAST HAS 2-3. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS OK.

&&

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

&&

SHORT TERM...KLAWS
AVIATION...HAUSTIN
MARINE...HAUSTIN
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 3:07 AM EDT, 8 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
307 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-060715-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
307 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED
FLOODING TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-060715-
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-
S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM
INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY-
S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM-
S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-
307 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

11

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 11:19 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1119 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006

NCZ095-098-051600-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-
1119 AM EDT SAT AUG 5 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES
UNTIL NOON EDT...

AT 1119 AM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH OF
PINEY GREEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE NEAR HUBERT AT 1130 AM EDT...STELLA AT 1135 AM EDT...
SWANSBORO AT 1140 AM EDT...CAPE CARTERET...AND...CEDAR POINT AT 1150
AM EDT...EMERALD ISLE...AND...BROAD CREEK AT 1155 AM EDT. OTHER
LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BELGRADE...BOGUE AND
HAMMOCKS BEACH.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 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. 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 TREEES...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.

AUSTIN
Local storm report, Aug 5, 11:48 AM EDT, 13 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 5, 11:10 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX95 min
Aug 5, 12:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX28 min
Aug 5, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin50 min
Aug 5, 7:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX46 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.