Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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WWUS52 KMHX 102132
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
532 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

NCC013-102200-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0073.000000T0000Z-070810T2200Z/
BEAUFORT NC-
532 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR BEAUFORT COUNTY...

AT 529 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM PANTEGO TO CHOCOWINITY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 20 MILES SOUTH OF PLYMOUTH TO WASHINGTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10
MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  BUNYAN AND WASHINGTON PARK BY 540 PM EDT...
  LEECHVILLE...CHOCOWINITY AND BELHAVEN BY 545 PM EDT...
  YEATESVILLE AND RIVER ROAD BY 550 PM EDT...
  BATH...SIDNEY CROSSROADS AND WINSTEADVILLE BY 600 PM EDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

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 3552 7650 3552 7660 3546 7660 3544 7717
      3553 7717 3557 7710 3564 7717 3570 7718
      3571 7711 3566 7696 3571 7684 3570 7664
      3562 7660 3558 7652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 347DEG 11KT 3558 7663 3555 7712

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
330 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLDFRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND STALL SOUTH OF
THE REGION SATURDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BEHIND THE FRONT INTO
THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
LINE OF TSTMS FIRING OVER NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA INTO THE NORTHERN
PIEDMONT AND PROGRESSING TOWARD OUR CWA. WITH CAPE VALUES UPWARDS
OF 4000 J/KG...ANTICIPATE STORMS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN WITH WIND
DAMAGE BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. OUTSIDE OF RAIN AREAS...ANOTHER
WARM AND MUGGY NIGHT WITH MINS WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF 80.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
ENOUGH MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY PRESENT FOR A DECENT CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/TSTMS THRU MUCH OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY. MAX TEMPS ON
SATURDAY WITH BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER THAN RECENT DAYS RANGING
FROM 85 TO 90. DRIER AIR FINALLY FILTERS IN BY SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
MONDAY WITH DEWPOINTS DOWN INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 60S. A FEW
SPOTS WILL SEE MIN TEMPS INTO THE UPPER 6OS BY MONDAY MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
UPPER TROF MOVES OFF THE EAST COAST WITH UPPER HIGH BUILDING TO
OUR SOUTH THRU THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. UPPER FLOW BECOMES ZONAL
WHICH WILL RESULT IN NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR MOST OF NEXT
WEEK. A MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED CHANCE OF
SHOWERS/TSTMS BY FRIDAY.

&&

.AVIATION /20Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
WIDESPREAD MVFR VSBYS IN HAZE WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER
OF THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SCT SHRA/TS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN
21-01Z WESTERN TERMINALS 23-03Z EASTERN TERMINALS AHEAD OF AN
APPROACHING COLD FRONT. CLUSTERS/LINES OF SHRA AND STRONG TSRA
EXPECTED THIS EVENING WITH WIDESPREAD MVFR CIGS/VSBYS AND AREAS OF
IFR IN AND AROUND CONVECTION. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
WESTERN TERMINALS BETWEEN 09-12Z AND BETWEEN 12-15Z OVER EASTERN
TERMINALS. MVFR/LCL IFR VSBYS IN FOG POSSIBLE EARLY SAT MORNING
BEHIND FRONT THEN VFR EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH LIGHT
NE WINDS.

SCT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY POSSIBLE SAT AFTERNOON PRIMARILY OVER THE
EASTERN TERMINALS. POSSIBLE MVFR CIGS/VSBYS SAT NIGHT AS NE FLOW
DEVELOPS ACROSS THE AREA. VFR EXPECTED TO PREVAIL SUN-TUE.

&&

.MARINE...
SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUES OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH WINDS IN
THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FAR NORTHERN WATERS
WHERE SPEEDS ARE AROUND 10 KT. SCA CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN WATERS AS SEAS ARE NOW IN THE 5 TO 7 FT RANGE. HAVE TRIMMED
BACK THE SCA FOR THE PAMLICO SOUND AND FAR NORTHERN WATERS AS WINDS
OVER THIS AREA HAVE NOT YET MATERIALIZED. WILL NOW HAVE SCA FOR BOTH
THE PAMLICO AND FAR NORTHERN WATERS IN EFFECT FROM 01Z UNTIL 06Z
SAT. COLD FRONT TO MOVE SOUTH CROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
SAT WITH THE FRONT EXPECTED TO CLEAR THE SOUTHERN WATERS BY 15Z SAT.
LINGERING HIGHER SEAS WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED SMALL CRAFT
CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN WATERS THROUGH 18Z AND CENTRAL WATERS UNTIL
00Z. WINDS AND SEAS DIMINISH ACROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT AND SUN WITH
LIGHT NE FLOW DEVELOPING AS WEAK SFC HIGH PRES BUILDS IN FROM THE
NORTH.

CONTINUED LIGHT WINDS/SEAS MON THRU WED WITH WEAK PRES GRADIENT OVER
THE AREA.

&&

.RIP CURRENTS...COMBINATION OF HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES...ONSHORE
FLOW AND RESIDUAL SWELL WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP
CURRENTS ALL BEACHES ON SAT.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NCZ029-
     044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 2 AM EDT
     SATURDAY FOR AMZ135-150.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ152-154.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR AMZ156-158.

&&

SYNOPSIS...CTC
NEAR TERM...CTC
SHORT TERM...CTC
LONG TERM...CTC
AVIATION...JW
MARINE...JW

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
555 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-098-103-104-111000-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
555 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MOST LIKELY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ095-111000-
CARTERET-
555 AM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM
EDT THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS SOUTH OF CAPE LOOKOUT
TODAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEVERE
WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MOST LIKELY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
334 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

NCZ029-045>047-103-102130-
MARTIN-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-OUTER BANKS DARE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE...
PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...KILL DEVIL HILLS...KITTY HAWK...NAGS HEAD...
SOUTHERN SHORES
334 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE NORTHERN COASTAL PLAINS
AND NORTHERN OUTER BANKS...

A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MARTIN...WASHINGTON...
TYRRELL AND DARE COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND ANY
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE MOVED INDOORS UNTIL THESE STORMS
PASS. EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH IN
THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN AND BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER ON
ROADWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION ON THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
427 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

NCZ044-079-102200-
PITT-GREENE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...SNOW HILL...HOOKERTON
427 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN TO PITT AND GREENE COUNTIES...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO PITT AND GREEN COUNTIES
THROUGH 6 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE
AMOUNT OF CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD
BE MOVED INDOORS UNTIL THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. EXPECT HEAVY
RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO ACCOMPANY THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR SHOULD BE
ALERT FOR STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
453 PM EDT FRI AUG 10 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0441 PM     HAIL             ROBERSONVILLE           35.82N 77.25W
08/10/2007  E0.75 INCH       MARTIN             NC   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CQ