Tornado Warning 37, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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WWUS52 KMHX 161324
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
824 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

NCC079-161345-
/O.CON.KMHX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-061116T1345Z/
GREENE NC-
824 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM EST FOR GREENE
COUNTY...

AT 820 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WALSTONBURG...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOLDSBORO...MOVING NORTH
AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  6 MILES WEST OF WALSTONBURG BY 830 AM EST

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS
THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY
ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE
LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO
NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS.

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 3527 7803 3521 7782 3559 7764 3559 7780

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WWUS52 KMHX 161335
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
835 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

NCC079-161345-
/O.CAN.KMHX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-061116T1345Z/
GREENE NC-
835 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR GREENE COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE 
SEVERE WEATHER...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



LAT...LON 3527 7803 3521 7782 3559 7764 3559 7780

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
305 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

.SHORT TERM /TODAY/...ACTIVE LINE OF TSTMS AFFECTING THE ILM AND
SRN PORTION OF THE RAH CWA ATTM. THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE INTO THE
MHX CWA DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AND CONTINUE EAST INTO THE
AFTERNOON AS BEST ZONE OF DEEP MOISTURE/LIFT CROSSES THE REGION.
WIND FIELDS IMPRESSIVE WITH 60+ KT JET AFFECTING THE AREA WITH
SOME WEAK INSTABILITY AND IMPRESSIVE H9-H8 MOISTURE FLUX IN THE
12Z-21Z TIMEFRAME. WOULD ANTICIPATE LOCALLY STRONG TO SEVERE TSTMS
WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH A SECONDARY
THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL GIVEN THE PRECIPITABLE WATER OF JUST
UNDER 2 INCHES. GIVEN STRONG S/SSE WINDS IN THE 25 TO 40 MPH
RANGE...WILL BE CONTINUING WIND ADVISORY FOR CSTL SECTIONS AND THE
SOUND COUNTIES THRU THE DAY. BULK OF PRECIP OFFSHORE SHORTLY AFTER
00Z WITH RAPID DRYING BEHIND FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

&&

.LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...DRIER AND CONSIDERABLY
COOLER WX ON TAP FOR FRIDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. GFS CONTINUES TO
HINT AT DEEP H5 TROF TO DIG WELL TO THE SOUTH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK
INDUCING SOME CYCLOGENESIS OFF THE SOUTHEAST US COAST. THE MODEL
HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT WITH THE SFC DEVELOPMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF
PRECIP THAT GETS WRAPPED BACK INTO ERN NC...SO WILL KEEP THE SMALL
CHC POPS IN THE FCST IN THE MON-TUE TIMEFRAME FOR NOW. TEMPS WILL
BE BACK BLO NORMAL BEYOND TUES AS COOLER AIR WRAPS IN BEHIND
THE LOW.

&&

.AVIATION...LINE OF CONVECTION ADVANCING SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST
ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE AND EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO
SOUTH CAROLINA. EXPECT THIS LINE TO AFFECT THE TERMINALS BETWEEN
10 AND 13Z. COLD FRONT WELL TO THE WEST WILL ADVANCE EAST TODAY
AND CROSS THE TERMINALS DURING THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH
ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MOST LIKELY IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE
MOVING OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST UP TO
30 KT LATER THIS MORNING AND VEER SOUTHWEST BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH
WINDS DIMINISHING BELOW 15 KT BY LATE AFTERNOON. HAVE INCLUDED
MENTION OF WIND SHEAR IN TAF AFTER INITIAL CONVECTIVE LINE PASSES
EARLY THIS MORNING AS WINDS JUST OFF THE DECK WILL APPROACH 50+ KT
AS LLJ RAMPS UP. VARYING CIGS TODAY WITH PREDOMINANT VFR OUTSIDE OF
PRECIP AND MVFR/OCNL IFR IN AND AROUND CONVECTION.

&&

.MARINE...LITTLE CHANGE TO CURRENT MARINE GRIDS THIS PACKAGE WITH
FOCUS ON IMMEDIATE SHORT TERM. SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE INCREASING
ACROSS THE WATERS EARLY THIS MORNING AND THIS IS JUST A FORTE OF
THINGS TO COME AS LARGE SCALE HEIGHT FALLS AHEAD OF DEEP UPPER
TROUGH RESULT IN A POWERFUL LLJ DEVELOPING AND OVERSPREADING THE
WATERS TODAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A 50+ 925MB WINDS OVER THE
WATERS FROM MID MORNING INTO THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. HAVE NOW
GONE WITH A GALE WARNING FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS AS WELL AS THE
ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUND FOR TODAY.

IN THE NEAR TERM...CONVECTIVE LINE WILL ADVANCE SLOWLY NORTHEAST
THIS MORNING AND MOVE OFFSHORE BY MID/LATE MORNING. ADVANCING COLD
FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WATERS BY EARLY EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL
STRONG TO SEVERE CONVECTION EXPECTED TO ADVANCE EAST AHEAD OF IT.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO GALE FORCE LATER THIS MORNING
ACROSS THE WATERS AND VEER SOUTHWESTERLY BEHIND FRONT BY EVENING.
SEAS WILL RAPIDLY BUILD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH ACROSS THE WATERS THIS
MORNING. DIAMOND BUOY ALREADY SEEING 8 FT SEAS AND 10 TO 15 FT SEAS
WILL BE COMMON OVER ALL OF THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT AS OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS BEHIND FRONT AS
GRADIENT RELAXES. SEAS WILL BE SLOWER TO SUBSIDE WITH SMALL CRAFT
CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF THE COASTAL
WATERS THEN CONFINED TO THE CENTRAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

.SURF...HAVE ADDED THE NORTHERN WATERS IN THE HIGH SURF ADVISORY FOR
TODAY AS WAVEWATCH CONTINUES TO DEVELOP HEFTY SEAS OVER ALL WATERS
TODAY. HIGH SURF CONDITIONS WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING AS
OFFSHORE FLOW DEVELOPS BEHIND FRONT. IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH
SURF...A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS WILL EXIST ALONG AREA BEACHES
TODAY.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...HIGH SURF ADVISORY FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST
     THIS AFTERNOON FOR NCZ095-098-103-104.

     WIND ADVISORY FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS
     AFTERNOON FOR NCZ047-081-095-098-103-104.

MARINE...GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON
     FOR AMZ135-150-152-154-156-158.

     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR AMZ130.

&&

SHORT TERM...COLLINS
LONG TERM...COLLINS
AVIATION...WINGENROTH
MARINE...WINGENROTH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
320 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-
103-104-170830-
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-MARTIN-PITT-
WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-
DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
320 AM EST THU NOV 16 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME
LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A WIND ADVISORY FOR COASTAL SECTIONS. A
HIGH SURF ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS. GALE
WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR ALL COASTAL WATERS AND THE
ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY.

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