Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2026, 11:55 PM EDT for Dare County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2026, 11:55 PM EDT (03:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2026, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Dare County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1902 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1208 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
429
WUUS52 KMHX 130355
SVRMHX
NCC055-130445-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0021.260613T0355Z-260613T0445Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1155 PM EDT Fri Jun 12 2026
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 1245 AM EDT.
* At 1155 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Colington,
or near Kill Devil Hills, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Kill Devil Hills, Southern Shores, Nags Head, Mashoes, Manteo,
Colington, Whalebone, Jockeys Ridge State Park, Roanoke Island
Festival Park, Wright Brothers National Monument, Nags Head Fishing
Pier, Avalon Pier, and Outer Banks Fishing Pier.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Please send your reports of hail and/or wind damage, including trees
or large limbs downed, by calling the National Weather Service office
in Newport at 1-800-889-6889.
&&
LAT...LON 3588 7557 3591 7587 3604 7586 3604 7583
3610 7585 3607 7580 3608 7579 3609 7574
3613 7575 3611 7574 3612 7574 3616 7575
3617 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0355Z 280DEG 17KT 3604 7575
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
261 follow-up statement
249
WWUS52 KMHX 130425
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
1225 AM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
NCC055-130445-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-260613T0445Z/
Dare NC-
1225 AM EDT Sat Jun 13 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM EDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN DARE COUNTY...
At 1225 AM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nags Head
Fishing Pier, or near Kill Devil Hills, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Kill Devil Hills, Southern Shores, Nags Head, Mashoes, Manteo,
Colington, Whalebone, Jockeys Ridge State Park, Roanoke Island
Festival Park, Wright Brothers National Monument, Nags Head Fishing
Pier, Avalon Pier, and Outer Banks Fishing Pier.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
To report severe weather contact your nearest law enforcement agency.
They will send your report to the National Weather Service office in
Newport.
&&
LAT...LON 3588 7557 3591 7587 3604 7586 3604 7583
3610 7585 3607 7580 3608 7579 3609 7574
3613 7575 3611 7574 3612 7574 3616 7575
3617 7573
TIME...MOT...LOC 0425Z 280DEG 17KT 3601 7557
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
26The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 10:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 70 min | |
| Jun 12, 11:38 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Jun 12, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 37 min | |
| Jun 12, 11:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 12:03 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| Jun 13, 12:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 60 min |
| Jun 13, 12:48 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:43 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Jun 13, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Dare | 42 min |
| Jun 13, 2:05 AM EDT | Heat Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:29 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Carteret | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 2:42 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 63 min | |
| Jun 13, 2:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 min | |
| Jun 13, 3:41 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 85 min | |
| Jun 13, 4:33 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 87 min | |
| Jun 13, 5:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 62 min | |
| Jun 13, 6:55 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 27 min | |
| Jun 13, 2:22 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | MHX | 45 hr | |
| Jun 13, 4:23 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Craven | 37 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.