Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 2006, 8:52 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 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
- May 18, 2006, 8:52 PM EDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2006, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pitt County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
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 May 18, 3:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 18, 3:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 320 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...SOME DISAGREEMENT ON TIMING OF FROPA TNGT BTWN THE MDLS. GFS IS A FEW HRS FASTER THAN NAM12 AND PNAM...BUT THEY ALL AGREE ON BRINGG PCPN INTO WRN CWA ARND 21Z. AM STILL NOT CONVINCED IT WL BE THAT EARLY...BUT CARRYING A SLGT CHC WONT HURT. BEST OMEGA WONT MV OVR CWA TIL AFT 00Z. CAPES NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSV...BEING CONFINED MAINLY TO THE CST. HWVR DECENT K INDICES IN THE 30S. AFT FROPA FLO WL TURN QUICKLY BACK TO SW AHD OF NXT SHOT. THIS ONE APPRS TO BE DRY AND IS XPCTD THRU THE AREA FRI NGT. UPR LO APPRS TO FINALLY BE LIFTG OUT OF THE GRT LKS STATES THIS WKEND. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...WE RMN IN AN UNSETTLED PATTERN IN THE XTNDD. AFT MAIN UPR TROF SWINGS THRU SAT WE WL BE ON BACK SIDE OF TROF THRU MIDWK. SERIES OF WK WVS WL MV THRU THE FLO PUSHG WK BNDRYS THRU CWA. DGEX AND GFS BOTH AGREE ON THIS...BUT NOT SO MUCH ON TIMING. BOTH AGREE BEST CHC FOR PCPN IN XTNDD WL BE ON WED. DGEX IS DRIER THAN GFS...WHICH IS A KNOWN GFS BIAS FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. HPC KEEPS IT DRY AND THIS IS THE PREFERRED WAY TO GO ATTM. TEMPS WL BE SEASONABLE...70 AND 80S. && .AVIATION...STILL MOSTLY CLEAR BUT CLOUDS APPROACHING RAPIDLY FROM THE WEST. HOWEVER...EXPECT VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD OUTSIDE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS. LOW LEVELS WILL BE RATHER DRY SO CLOUD BASES GENERALLY NO LOWER THAN AROUND 4KFT. COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE TERMINALS AFTER ABOUT 05-07Z. ONLY BROKEN MID DECK AFTER THAT THROUGH EARLY FRI MORNING...THEN ONLY BROKEN CIRRUS AFTER THAT. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE SOUTHWEST THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...THEN VEERING TO WEST DURING THE DAY. && .MARINE...WINDS HAVE BEEN STEADILY INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. EXPECT FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE MARINE ZONES SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAVE EXTENDED SMALL CRAFT TO INCLUDE THE WATERS NORTH OF OREGON INLET. SO THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS AND THE PAMLICO SOUND THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY. FOR THE ALBEMARLE I CAPPED WINDS AT 20 KNOTS AND KEPT THE EXERCISE CAUTION. THE FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH AROUND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...THERE IS STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE EXTENDED TIMEFRAME SO CONFIDENCE IS NOT TOO HIGH. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR AMZ135-150-152-154-156-158 UNTIL 2 PM FRIDAY. && SHORT TERM...CGG LONG TERM...CGG AVIATION...HSA MARINE...HSA
Hazardous weather outlook, May 18, 5:05 AM EDT, 15 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 505 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-190915- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 505 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT FOR DANGEROUS RIP CURRENTS ON SOUTH FACING BEACHES SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-170-190915- 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- WATERS FROM CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO SURF CITY NC FROM 20 TO 40 NM- 505 AM EDT THU MAY 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SMALL CRAFT ADVSORIES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTHWEST WINDS TO 25 KNOTS AND SEAS OF 5 TO 8 FEET SOUTH OF OREGON INLET AND OVER THE PAMLICO SOUND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.
In the hours before
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
842 PM EDT THU MAY 18 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0838 PM HAIL 10 W SNOW HILL 35.45N 77.89W
05/18/2006 E0.88 INCH GREENE NC LAW ENFORCEMENT
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CORRECTED TO INDICATE EVENT OCCURRED IN GREENE COUNTY.
JBM/SJAMISONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 36 min |
| May 18, 8:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 49 min |
| May 18, 8:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 47 min |
| May 18, 9:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| May 18, 9:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 51 min |
| May 18, 9:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 51 min |
| May 18, 9:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 33 min |
| May 18, 9:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 59 min |
| May 18, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 50 min |
| May 18, 10:12 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 48 min | |
| May 18, 10:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare | 53 min |
| May 18, 10:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 60 min | |
| May 18, 11:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.