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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 2009, 6:21 PM EDT for Craven County, Jones County, Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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 27, 2009, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2009, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Craven County, NC, Jones County, NC, Pamlico County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 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 Jun 27, 4:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 4:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 451 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS EVENING. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT WILL APPROACH LATE SUNDAY AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SUN NIGHT. WEAK TROUGHING INLAND AND OFFSHORE HIGH PRES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... AS OF 430 PM...WEAK FRONT HAS MOVED JUST OFFSHORE THE SE COAST THIS AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT N/NW WINDS PREVAILING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA. CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED JUST OFFSHORE ALONG THE FRONT WITH LITTLE DEVELOPMENT INLAND. DESPITE LIGHT OFFSHORE FLOW...AIRMASS HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE OVER SOUTHERN INLAND SECTIONS WHERE DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE LOWER 70S WITH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S. STRONG INSTABILITY...MINIMAL CAP AND RESIDUAL BOUNDARIES SHOULD RESULT IN ADDITION STORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. WILL KEEP CHANCE POPS CONFINED TO SOUTHERN SECTIONS WITH SLIGHT CHANCE ELSEWHERE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS MATCHES UP WELL WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 526 WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING WITH LOSS OF HEATING. OVERNIGHT LOWS UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... SHORT WAVE RIDGING MOVES ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST BY LATE SUN AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRES SYSTEM DROPS SE EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION. GRADIENT WILL REMAIN VERY WEAK ACROSS THE AREA ON SUN WITH LIGHT DOWNLSOPE FLOW RESULTING IN LOWER DEWPOINTS. CANNOT RULE OUT ISOLATED CONVECTION ALONG PINNED SEA BREEZE AND PRE FRONTAL TROUGH SO KEPT POPS IN THE LOW CHANCE RANGE. WEAK FRONT DROPS SE ACROSS THE AERA SUN NIGHT AND KEPT POPS LIMITED TO SLIGHT CHANCE. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS SE SECTIONS MON WHERE PINNED SEA BREEZE WILL PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION SE SECTIONS. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR TUE/TUE NIGHT SO WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY GIVEN LIMITED MOISTURE AND LACK OF FOCUS. TEMPS WILL REMAIN WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S INLAND AWAY FROM THE WATER. COOLER ALONG THE BEACHES WITH HIGHS MID/UPPER 80S. OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY LOW/MID 70S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... BROAD UPPER LOW OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION WILL FILL AND LIFT NE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND BY FRI WITH ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPING IN ITS WAKE. THE UPPER LOW WILL DRAG ANOTHER WEAK FRONT ACROSS THE AREA ON FRI BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SCT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. OTHERWISE EXPECT ONLY ISOALTED DIURNAL CONVECTION ALONG THE SEA BREEZE THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH WARM TEMPS CONTINUING. HIGHS UPEPR 80S TO LOWER 90S INLAND WITH MAINLY MID 80S ALONG THE BEACHES. LOWS MOSTLY IN THE LOW/MID 70S. && .AVIATION /20Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 4 PM...FRONT PUSHED OFF THE COAST FARTHER THAN EXPECTED SOONER THIS AFTERNOON KEEPING ENTIRE AREA IN NW FLOW AND PREVENTING SEA BREEZE DEVELOPMENT. SOME SCT DIURNAL CU DEVELOPED...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. ONLY A FEW ISOLATED TSTMS HAVE DEVELOPED...AND EXPECT COVERAGE TO REMAIN MINIMAL...WITH THE POTENTIAL EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE COAST. WITH VERY LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT AND VERY MOIST LOW LEVELS...EXPECT PATCHY GROUND FOG. WOULD LIKELY BE WORSE IN ANY AREAS THAT RECEIVE ANY TSTMS THIS EVENING. DIURNAL CONVECTION WILL BE THE NORM INTO NEXT WEEK AS UPPER LVL NW FLOW AND WARM SW FLOW AT THE SFC KEEPS THE REGION UNSTABLE...AND THUS SUPPORTIVE OF AFTERNOON TSRA. HUMID AIRMASS COULD LEAD TO POCKETS OF GROUND FOG AT NIGHT. && .MARINE... AS OF 4 PM...FRONT PROGRESSED OFF THE COAST MUCH FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED. THIS PINNED SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT...ALTHOUGH SOME SRLY FLOW TRYING TO DEVELOP ALONG THE SRN WATERS. FRONT WILL WASH OUT AND FLOW WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME SRLY BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT CROSSES THE AREA ON EARLY MON. SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES IN THE WEAK FLOW TONIGHT...BUT NAM AND GFS IN PRETTY CLOSE AGREEMENT WITH NEXT FRONT MONDAY. FOLLOWED CLOSE TO HPC GUIDANCE IN THE EXTENDED...WITH SRLY FLOW AND TROUGHINESS PERSISTING OVER THE AREA INTO NEXT THU. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JW NEAR TERM...JW SHORT TERM...JW LONG TERM...JW AVIATION...RSB MARINE...RSB
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 4:21 AM EDT, 14 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 421 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-280830- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 421 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON. NCZ095-098-103-104-280830- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 421 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...AND A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO A THREAT. THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:42 PM EDT, 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min | |
| Jun 27, 4:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 56 min | |
| Jun 27, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 49 min | |
| Jun 27, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 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.