Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 2006, 4:32 PM EDT for Jones County, Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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 30, 2006, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2006, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 68 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1313 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 30, 10:00 AM EDT, 6 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 30, 5:04 AM EDT, 11 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 504 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-310915- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 504 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT FOR LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TODAY. DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 104 DEGREES WILL OCCUR BRIEFLY THIS AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND STALL OVER NORTHERN OR CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE EXPECTED NEAR AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT THROUGH THIS. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TROPICAL SYSTEM ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE CAROLINAS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS AND ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN AND FLOODING COULD OCCUR WITH THIS SYSTEM. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST ADVISORIES CONCERNING ERNESTO FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-310915- 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- 504 AM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 20 KNOTS WILL PRODUCE SEAS TO 5 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM OREGON INLET TO SURF CITY. SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF VENTURING OUT TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS FORECAST TO AFFECT THE CAROLINAS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST ADVISORIES CONCERNING ERNESTO FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 2:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 249 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 NCZ092-093-301945- JONES-CRAVEN- 249 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN AND JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT... AT 249 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BERN TO 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW BERN...OR FROM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TRENTON TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF TRENTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR POLLOCKSVILLE AT 335 PM EDT...JAMES CITY AT 345 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 ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 10
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 3:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 331 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 NCZ093-094-302030- PAMLICO-CRAVEN- 331 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN AND PAMLICO COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 331 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM BAYBORO TO 8 MILES SOUTH OF NEW BERN...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MARIBEL AT 340 PM EDT...STONEWALL AT 345 PM EDT...VANDEMERE AT 350 PM EDT...MESIC AT 355 PM EDT...MERRITT AT 415 PM EDT...NC PAMLICO AT 430 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 ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 10
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 3:35 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 335 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 NCZ044-079-091-302030- LENOIR-GREENE-PITT- 335 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT...GREENE AND LENOIR COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM EDT... AT 335 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SNOW HILL TO 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA GRANGE...OR FROM SNOW HILL TO MOUNT OLIVE... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR LIZZIE AT 340 PM EDT...FARMVILLE AT 430 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE KINSTON. 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 10
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 1:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 min | |
| Aug 30, 2:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | MHX | Beaufort, Dare, Duplin, Greene, Hyde, Jones and 6 more | 44 hr |
| Aug 30, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 48 min |
| Aug 30, 5:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 41 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
Sources
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.