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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 12, 2026Washington County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2026, 11:47 PM EDT for Washington County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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 12, 2026, 11:47 PM EDT (03:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2026, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Washington County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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 Jun 12, 8:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 8:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX70 min
Jun 12, 11:38 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX37 min
Jun 12, 11:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare50 min
Jun 13, 12:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX57 min
Jun 13, 12:45 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare60 min
Jun 13, 12:48 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX57 min
Jun 13, 1:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jun 13, 1:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXDare42 min
Jun 13, 2:05 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryMHXCarteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more15 hr
Jun 13, 2:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCarteret61 min
Jun 13, 2:42 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX63 min
Jun 13, 2:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX47 min
Jun 13, 3:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX64 min
Jun 13, 4:20 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX85 min
Jun 13, 4:33 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX87 min
Jun 13, 5:58 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX62 min
Jun 13, 6:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX27 min
Jun 13, 2:22 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryMHX45 hr
Jun 13, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementMHXCraven37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2026Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

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.