Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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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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. 28
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:12 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Tyrrell | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 2:39 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 51 min | |
| Jun 16, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell | 67 min |
| Jun 16, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 59 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.