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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 4, 2009, 4:10 PM EDT for Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
- May 4, 2009, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 4, 2009, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Beaufort County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
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 May 4, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 4, 2:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 905 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-051315- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 905 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE RATHER QUICKLY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. NCZ095-098-103-104-051315- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 905 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE RATHER QUICKLY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM CAPE HATTERAS SOUTH TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. 11
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 4, 2:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 248 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 NCZ029-044>046-080-090>093-042000- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES- CRAVEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILLIAMSTON...ROBERSONVILLE... GREENVILLE...PLYMOUTH...COLUMBIA...WASHINGTON...RIVER ROAD... WALLACE...WARSAW...ROSE HILL...KENANSVILLE...BEULAVILLE... MAGNOLIA...KINSTON...MAYSVILLE...POLLOCKSVILLE...NEW BERN... HAVELOCK 248 PM EDT MON MAY 4 2009 ...THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING WIDESPREAD OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS... WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KENANSVILLE TO COLUMBIA LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 11
Local storm report, May 4, 3:34 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 4, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| May 4, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Tyrrell, Washington | 46 min |
| May 4, 3:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde | 49 min |
| May 4, 3:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 61 min | |
| May 4, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington | 47 min |
| May 4, 4:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MHX | Beaufort | 106 min |
| May 4, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 38 min | |
| May 4, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 26 min | |
| May 4, 6:25 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 35 min | |
| May 4, 6:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min |
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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.