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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 16, 2008Hyde County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2008, 5:32 PM EDT for Hyde County, Tyrrell 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
Jun 16, 2008, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2008, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jun 16, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 4:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
316 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

NCZ047-103-162015-
EASTERN DARE-WESTERN DARE-
316 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DARE COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM EDT...

AT 316 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER MANNS HARBOR...
MOVING EAST AT 16 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR MANTEO
AT 335 PM EDT...NAGS HEAD...AND...WANCHESE AT 340 PM EDT...WHALEBONE
AT 345 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE
KILL DEVIL HILLS...BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE...COLINGTON AND MASHOES.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY
LIGHTNING. 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.

28
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
328 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

NCZ046-047-081-162030-
TYRRELL-WESTERN DARE-WESTERN HYDE-
328 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HYDE...DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES
UNTIL 430 PM EDT...

AT 328 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL
HYDE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENGELHARD...MOVING EAST
AT 11 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GUM NECK AT 335 PM
EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE KILKENNY...
STUMPY POINT...CENTER OF DARE COUNTY BOMBING RANGE AND LAKE WORTH.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY
LIGHTNING. 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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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:12 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell36 min
Jun 16, 2:39 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX51 min
Jun 16, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Hyde, Tyrrell67 min
Jun 16, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX59 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2008Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.