Tornado Warning 17, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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WWUS52 KMHX 011641
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1239 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

NCC031-011700-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0017.000000T0000Z-060701T1700Z/
CARTERET NC-
1239 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 100 PM EDT FOR CARTERET
COUNTY...

AT 1234 PM EDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR 
ATLANTIC...OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CARTERET COUNTY AROUND 1250 PM EDT...

IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE
BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE
BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME OR VEHICLE...EVACUATE THEM AND
GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.

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 3490 7622 3499 7641 3478 7659 3466 7636

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
920 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

.SHORT TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/...NO MJR CHANGES FOR THIS AFTN.
MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDING SHOW GOOD INSTAB ACROSS ERN NC. APPEARS WEAK
IMPULSE ALOFT WILL APPROACH FROM THE W THIS AFTN AND THIS IN COMBO
WITH SEA BRZ WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ISOLD TO SCT TSRA. GIVEN INSTAB AND
DRY AIR ALOFT SOME SEVERE WX (STRONG WINDS/LARGE HAIL) WILL AGAIN BE
POSS. CRNT FCST HAS AXIS OF HIGHEST POPS INLAND FROM CST WHERE
TYPICALLY SEA BRZ MOST ACTIVE SO WILL NOT CHANGE THIS. SHLD SEE HIGH
TEMPS IN LOWER 90S INLAND TO MID 80S BEACHES.

&&

.AVIATION...EXPECTING MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS TODAY. THE EXCEPTION
WILL BE SEA BREEZE CONVECTION AS ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE MOVES
THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ANY TSTM THAT DEVELOPS.

&&

.MARINE...SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE MARINE AREA AOB 15 KT....WITH
SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED TO CURRENT FCST.

&&

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

RF/RAP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
441 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

AMZ130-135-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-020845-
ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-
MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-
CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
441 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING ALONG THE
SEABREEZE MAINLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 17 CORRIDOR. A FEW STORMS
COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIS
EVENING PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1220 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

NCZ095-011715-
CARTERET-
1220 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CARTERET COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM
EDT...

AT 1220 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES SOUTH OF
CEDAR ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE
STORMS INCLUDE ATLANTIC...SEA LEVEL AND STACY.

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. 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.

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