Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
259 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

NCC147-212007-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T2030Z/
PITT NC-
259 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PITT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED EAST OF PITT COUNTY 
AND THE WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

IF YOU OBSERVED SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE 
HAIL...PLEASE CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BY CALLING TOLL 
FREE 1...8 0 0...8 8 9...6 8 8 9...OR NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW 
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN NEWPORT.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3533 7627 3533 7641 3535 7638 3551 7659
      3552 7659 3554 7649 3553 7662 3538 7658
      3548 7699 3535 7663 3524 7663 3523 7663
      3540 7714 3584 7695 3589 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 270DEG 56KT 3582 7683 3573 7693
          3567 7694 3554 7697 3547 7701 3516 7709

$$

NCC013-095-117-177-187-212030-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140221T2030Z/
BEAUFORT NC-MARTIN NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-WASHINGTON NC-TYRRELL NC-
259 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM EST
FOR SOUTHERN TYRRELL...WASHINGTON...WESTERN MAINLAND HYDE...
SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES...

AT 256 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DARDENS TO SMITHWICK TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF SMITHWICK TO BUNYAN TO RIVER ROAD TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BLOUNTS
CREEK...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH
TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLIAMSTON TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WASHINGTON TO RIVER ROAD TO NEW BERN...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

HAZARDS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
QUARTER SIZED HAIL.
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE... SLATESTONE...COX
CROSSROADS...GOOSE CREEK STATE PARK...HINSON...WALLA WATTA...
PLYMOUTH...PINETOWN...EDWARD...CORE POINT...BONNERTON...TERRA CEIA...
BATH...BAYVIEW...ROPER...YEATESVILLE...AURORA...WENONA...BAYVIEW
FERRY TERMINAL...AURORA FERRY TERMINAL...ROYAL...PIKE ROAD...
RANSOMVILLE...PANTEGO...SIDNEY CROSSROADS...PUNGO...SOUTH CREEK...
BELHAVEN...WINSTEADVILLE...CENTER OF PHELPS LAKE...PUNGO LAKE...
PAMLICO BEACH...CRESWELL...LEECHVILLE...PONZER...WOODLEY...
SLADESVILLE...SCRANTON...GERMANTOWN...ROSE BAY...ALLIGATOR LAKE...
SWAN QUARTER FERRY TERMINAL...SWINDELL FORK...SWANQUARTER...
KILKENNY...FRYING PAN LANDING AND FAIRFIELD.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND LARGE
DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EST FRIDAY EVENING FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

LAT...LON 3533 7627 3533 7641 3535 7638 3551 7659
      3552 7659 3554 7649 3553 7662 3538 7658
      3548 7699 3535 7663 3524 7663 3523 7663
      3540 7714 3584 7695 3589 7603
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 270DEG 56KT 3582 7683 3573 7693
          3567 7694 3554 7697 3547 7701 3516 7709

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
139 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

.SYNOPSIS...
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH FROM THE WEST THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST SATURDAY. A DRY
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY. A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE JUST OFF OF THE COAST
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE REBUILDS ON THURSDAY

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 130 PM FRI... SVR WX WILL CONT ACROSS EASTERN NC THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...
HOWEVER CANNOT RULE OUT THE THREAT OF AN ISOLATED TORNADO GIVEN
THE ENHANCED SRH VALUES AND BOUNDARY IN VICINITY...OR SMALL HAIL
WITH 500MB TEMPS AROUND -15C AND FZL 12-13KFT. BASED ON HIGH RES
MODELS NSSL WRF AND WRF NMM...EXPECT LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THE NC COASTAL PLAIN EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE TIMING OF THE STRONGER STORMS STILL APPEARS TO BE
1-4 PM WEST OF THE HIGHWAY 17 CORRIDOR AND 4-7 PM TO THE EAST.

A COLD FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH WILL PUSH ACROSS THE CWA THROUGH
EARLY EVENING. STRONG GRADIENT WINDS WILL ALSO EXIST AHEAD OF THE
FRONT AND COULD SEE GUSTS AROUND 25-35 MPH. FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO
MOVE OFFSHORE EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH PRECIP TAPERING OFF FROM
WEST TO EAST. COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT
WITH NW FLOW. OVERNIGHT LOWS AROUND 40 INLAND AND MID TO UPR 40S COAST.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM FRI...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FCST WITH
THIS ISSUANCE. ZONAL FLOW AND ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS WILL PERSIST OVER
WEEKEND. HIGHS WILL RANGE GENERALLY FROM THE MID 60S INLAND AND MID
TO UPPER 50S OBX ON SAT.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM FRIDAY...AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING FROM A COOL
START IN THE UPPER 30S SUNDAY MORNING TO AROUND 70 BY THE
AFTERNOON. A WEAK DRY COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE AREA MONDAY WITH
TEMPERATURES SOME 10 DEGREES COOLER THAN SUNDAY'S READINGS. A WAVE
OF LOW PRESSURE WILL FORM ALONG THE STALLED FRONT TUESDAY WITH A
STRONGER WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS WEDNESDAY. HAVE
RAISED POPS SLIGHTLY FOR TUESDAY WITH THE INITIAL WAVE AND WILL
HAVE HIGH CHANCE POPS FOR WEDNESDAY AS THE SECOND WAVE CROSSES THE
REGION DRAGGING A STRONG COLD FRONT OFFSHORE BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
COOL HIGH PRESSURE THEN BUILDS OVER THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WITH TEMPERATURES SEVERAL DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR THE END OF NEXT
WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
AS OF 130 PM FRI...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE TERMINALS THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. EXPECTING WIDESPREAD MVFR TO
OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY
EVENING. STRONG S/SW GRADIENT WINDS WILL ALSO OCCUR AHEAD OF THE
FRONT WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 KT. CONVECTION SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE
TERMINALS BY 00Z FRIDAY EVENING...THEN VFR CONDITIONS RETURN CONTG
ON SAT.

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM FRIDAY...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL SUNDAY AND
MONDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
BRING AN INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE AND SHOWERS DURING TUESDAY
WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MVFR CEILINGS/VSBY. RAIN CHANCES WILL
BE HIGHER WEDNESDAY WITH A STRONGER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING
ACROSS THE EASTERN CAROLINAS...AND MORE WIDESPREAD MVFR CEILINGS
AND VSBY ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY.

&&

.MARINE...
SHORT TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
AS OF 130 PM FRI...LATEST SURFACE AND BUOY DATA SHOW S/SW WINDS
15-25KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 KT AND SEAS 4-6FT. S/SW WINDS WILL
PEAK AT 20-30KT THIS AFTERNOON WITH SEAS 5-8FT. ONLY MINOR TWEAKS
WITH SCA TO EXTEND 2-3 HOURS INCLUDES ALL WATERS AND SOUNDS. THE
FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS EARLY THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS
AND SEAS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. NORTHERLY FLOW 15KT OR LESS WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND THE FRONT AS HIGH BUILDS EASTWARD.

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AS OF 1 PM FRIDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL LEAD TO LIGHT WINDS AND
SEAS SUNDAY. WINDS/SEAS INCREASE ALONG AND BEHIND A DRY COLD FRONT
CROSSING THE AREA DURING MONDAY. LIKELY TO SEE A PERIOD OF 20 TO
25 KNOT WINDS ON THE WATERS DURING MONDAY. AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE PASSES ACROSS INLAND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN CAROLINAS
AND DRAGS A STRONG COLD FRONT OFFSHORE ON WEDNESDAY...EXPECT NW
WINDS TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS BEHIND THE FRONT WITH SEAS
LIKELY TO BUILD TO AROUND 6 FEET.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR AMZ130-
     135.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 5 AM EST SATURDAY FOR AMZ152-154.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM EST SATURDAY FOR AMZ156-158.
     SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR AMZ150.

&&

SYNOPSIS...JAC
NEAR TERM...JAC
SHORT TERM...JAC
LONG TERM...CTC
AVIATION...JAC/CTC
MARINE...JAC/CTC

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
357 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-220900-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
357 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS...WITH
AN ISOLATED TORNADO POSSIBLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL
IMPACT EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BETWEEN 1 AND 7 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
205 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0149 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 ENE BEAUTANCUS        35.14N  77.99W
02/21/2014  M51 MPH          DUPLIN             NC   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH LINE OF TSMS

&&

EVENT NUMBER MHX1400244

SAAVEDRA

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
220 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0210 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 N TEACHEY             34.80N  78.01W
02/21/2014                   DUPLIN             NC   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE ON HOUSE

&&

EVENT NUMBER MHX1400245

MELENDEZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
228 PM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0227 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KENANSVILLE             34.96N  77.97W
02/21/2014                   DUPLIN             NC   911 CALL CENTER

            911 CENTER REPORTED TREES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

&&

EVENT NUMBER MHX1400246

MELENDEZ