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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

December 17, 2023Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 17, 2023, 7:46 PM EST for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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: Dec 17, 2023, 7:46 PM EST (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Dec 17, 2023, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

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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
Dec 17, 1:51 PM EST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 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 Dec 17, 6:58 PM EST, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 17, 6:58 PM EST, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 17, 4:15 PM EST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 17, 3:48 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
348 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023

NCZ090-172115-
Duplin NC-
348 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of Duplin County through
415 PM EST...

At 347 PM EST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Mount Olive to Kenansville to near Rose
Hill. Movement was northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Wallace, Warsaw, Mount Olive, Kornegay, Rose Hill, Bowdens,
Beautancus, Kenansville, Harrells, Sarecta, Faison, Magnolia,
Greenevers, Calypso, and Teachey.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 800 PM EST for eastern North
Carolina.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 7815 3504 7815 3508 7816 3509 7817
      3519 7816 3518 7808 3519 7805 3519 7800
      3517 7797 3517 7792 3515 7789 3516 7789
      3517 7784 3493 7779 3472 7787 3471 7798
      3473 7801 3472 7811 3474 7820
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 205DEG 34KT 3519 7803 3496 7800 3476 7810

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

RJ

Local storm report, Dec 17, 4:06 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
406 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023

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

0300 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SSW Cape Lookout Ligh 34.60N 76.54W
12/17/2023  M62 MPH          Carteret           NC   C-Man Station

            Peak gust measured so far at Cape Lookout.

&&

Martin

Local storm report, Dec 17, 4:08 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 17, 4:33 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
433 PM EST Sun Dec 17 2023

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

0411 PM     Non-Tstm Wnd Gst 4 SE Davis              34.76N 76.41W
12/17/2023  M64 MPH          Carteret           NC   Public

            Peak wind gust so far on Core Banks
            southeast of Davis. Peak sustained wind of
            50 mph has been measured at this location as
            well. This is a CWOP site.

&&

Martin

Local storm report, Dec 17, 5:18 PM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 17, 5:53 PM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 17, 7:51 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Duplin	3 hr
Dec 17, 8:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Onslow	3 hr
Dec 17, 8:12 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico	3 hr
Dec 17, 8:16 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		59 min
Dec 17, 8:27 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Jones, Lenoir, Onslow	34 min
Dec 17, 8:42 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven	15 min
Dec 17, 9:00 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Jones	30 min
Dec 17, 9:12 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		63 min
Dec 17, 9:16 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico and 1 more	3 hr
Dec 17, 9:19 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Jones, Pamlico	26 min
Dec 17, 9:38 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	MHX		37 min
Dec 17, 9:49 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Carteret	15 min
Dec 17, 9:52 PM EST	Tornado Warning	MHX	Carteret, Craven	12 min
Dec 17, 10:05 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Hyde, Jones, Lenoir and 5 more	3 hr
Dec 18, 12:04 AM EST	Gale Warning	MHX		111 min
Dec 18, 12:04 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		5 days
Dec 18, 12:04 AM EST	Storm Warning	MHX		111 min
Dec 18, 12:06 AM EST	Wind Advisory	MHX	Carteret, Dare, Hyde	7 hr
Dec 18, 12:09 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	MHX		18 hr

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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.