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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 5, 2009Carteret County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2009, 5:43 PM EDT for Carteret County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 18 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
Jul 5, 2009, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2009, 6:01 PM EDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Carteret County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 Jul 5, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 3:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 10:50 AM EDT, 6 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1050 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-061500-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-
1050 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES
TOWARD THE REGION. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME ORGANIZED AND REACH
SEVERE LIMITS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE LOW AND TRAILING
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. TRAINING OF CELLS WILL
BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF RAINFALL IN
EXCESS OF 2 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

NCZ095-098-103-104-061500-
CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
1050 AM EDT SUN JUL 5 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN
NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES
TOWARD THE REGION. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME ORGANIZED AND REACH
SEVERE LIMITS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN SEVERE
THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. PERIODS OF
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AS THE LOW AND TRAILING
COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. TRAINING OF CELLS WILL
BE POSSIBLE WHICH MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED AREAS OF RAINFALL IN
EXCESS OF 2 INCHES.

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ALL AREA BEACHES TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:52 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:59 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:36 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX35 hr
Jul 5, 7:13 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2009Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.