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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

June 12, 2026Dare County, North Carolina

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2026-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1902 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2026-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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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, 11:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXWashington43 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

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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.