Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Issued

Mar 25, 2012, 4:20 PM EDT (20:20 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2012, 5:00 PM EDT

In force

40 min

Issued by

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

Area

Storm-based polygon

Counties Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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498 
WUUS52 KMHX 252020
SVRMHX
NCC049-061-103-107-133-252100-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0009.120325T2020Z-120325T2100Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
420 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHWESTERN ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  NORTHEASTERN DUPLIN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  WEST CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 500 PM EDT

* AT 414 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PINK HILL...OR 15 MILES          
  SOUTHWEST OF KINSTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. OTHER SEVERE STORMS 
  WERE LOCATED NEAR COVE CITY AND FORT BARNWELL. QUARTER SIZED HAIL  
  IS LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  POTTERS HILL...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LARGE HAIL WILL DAMAGE VEHICLES...WINDOWS AND SOME ROOFS. SEVERE
WINDS WILL BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND CAN DAMAGE MOBILE
HOMES AND OTHER BUILDINGS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL
THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL CAPABLE OF BREAKING WINDOWS...
DAMAGING ROOFS AND DENTING VEHICLES. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY
CALLING...1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.... WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY

&&

LAT...LON 3502 7715 3487 7762 3486 7790 3517 7784
      3534 7727
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 010DEG 9KT 3506 7770

$$

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199 
WWUS52 KMHX 252042
SVSMHX

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
442 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

NCC049-061-103-107-133-252100-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120325T2100Z/
LENOIR NC-JONES NC-ONSLOW NC-DUPLIN NC-CRAVEN NC-
442 PM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL CRAVEN...EAST CENTRAL DUPLIN...NORTHWESTERN
ONSLOW...NORTHERN JONES AND SOUTH CENTRAL LENOIR COUNTIES...

AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PINK 
HILL...OR 18 MILES SOUTH OF KINSTON...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. OTHER 
SEVERE STORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR TRENTON AND COMFORT.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... PETERSBURG...POTTERS 
HILL...RICHLANDS...COMFORT...TRENTON...AND BEULAVILLE.

THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL CAPABLE OF BREAKING WINDOWS...
DAMAGING ROOFS AND DENTING VEHICLES. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO...PLEASE CALL IN YOUR REPORTS OF PENNY OR
LARGER SIZED HAIL...AS WELL AS WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES OR LARGE
LIMBS DOWNED BY CALLING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLL FREE AT...
1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9.

LAT...LON 3511 7785 3512 7752 3526 7724 3502 7715
      3487 7762 3486 7790
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 017DEG 11KT 3502 7770

$$

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