Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 12, 2026, 3:39 PM EDT for Dare County, Hyde County, Tyrrell County, North Carolina. It was in force for 53 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 12, 2026, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 12, 2026, 4:32 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Dare County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 3:58 PM EDT | MARINE TSTM WIND 51 | Alligator River Bridge, NC | WxFlow site on the Alligator River Bridge observed a 51 mph / 44 knot marine thunderstorm wind gust. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 10:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 138 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted.
512
WUUS52 KMHX 121939
SVRMHX
NCC055-095-177-122100-
/O.NEW.KMHX.SV.W.0008.260312T1939Z-260312T2100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
339 PM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
The National Weather Service in Newport has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Hyde County in eastern North Carolina...
Central Dare County in eastern North Carolina...
Northeastern Tyrrell County in eastern North Carolina...
* Until 500 PM EDT.
* At 339 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Middletown,
or 21 miles southwest of Stumpy Point, moving northeast at 70 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Kill Devil Hills, Frisco, Southern Shores, Buxton, Salvo, Manns
Harbor, Waves, Avon, Nags Head, Alligator, Rodanthe, Mashoes,
Manteo, East Lake, Sanderling, Colington, Whalebone, Newfoundland,
Roanoke Island Festival Park, and Nags Head 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 3527 7546 3520 7550 3503 7597 3508 7605
3532 7560 3538 7560 3564 7555 3577 7568
3596 7635 3605 7632 3604 7583 3610 7585
3607 7580 3609 7574 3621 7577 3622 7580
3622 7570 3583 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1939Z 242DEG 62KT 3546 7599
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
RJ2 follow-up statements
824
WWUS52 KMHX 122007
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
407 PM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
NCC177-122016-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260312T2100Z/
Tyrrell NC-
407 PM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TYRRELL COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
eastern North Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3527 7546 3520 7550 3509 7583 3519 7583
3532 7560 3564 7555 3586 7572 3608 7583
3609 7585 3607 7580 3609 7574 3622 7577
3622 7570 3583 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 270DEG 62KT 3566 7546
$$
NCC055-095-122100-
/O.CON.KMHX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260312T2100Z/
Hyde NC-Dare NC-
407 PM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN HYDE AND EASTERN DARE COUNTIES...
At 406 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Rodanthe, or 15
miles east of Stumpy Point, moving east at 70 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile
homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
Locations impacted include...
Kill Devil Hills, Frisco, Southern Shores, Buxton, Salvo, Waves,
Avon, Nags Head, Rodanthe, Manteo, Sanderling, Colington, Whalebone,
Roanoke Island Festival Park, Nags Head Fishing Pier, Bodie Island
Lighthouse, Duck Coe Pier, Jockeys Ridge State Park, Wright Brothers
National Monument, and Hatteras Ferry Terminal.
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 3527 7546 3520 7550 3509 7583 3519 7583
3532 7560 3564 7555 3586 7572 3608 7583
3609 7585 3607 7580 3609 7574 3622 7577
3622 7570 3583 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 270DEG 62KT 3566 7546
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
$$
RJ016
WWUS52 KMHX 122032
SVSMHX
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
432 PM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
NCC055-095-122042-
/O.CAN.KMHX.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-260312T2100Z/
Hyde NC-Dare NC-
432 PM EDT Thu Mar 12 2026
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HYDE AND EASTERN
DARE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However, gusty winds are
still possible.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 PM EDT for
eastern North Carolina.
&&
LAT...LON 3527 7546 3520 7550 3509 7583 3519 7583
3532 7560 3564 7555 3586 7572 3608 7583
3609 7585 3607 7580 3609 7574 3622 7577
3622 7570 3583 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 242DEG 62KT 3587 7496
$$
RJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2:17 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | MHX | Carteret, Dare, Hyde | 19 hr |
| Mar 12, 7:31 AM EDT | Marine Dense Fog Advisory | MHX | 4 hr | |
| Mar 12, 1:24 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Duplin | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 40 min |
| Mar 12, 1:39 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MHX | Greene, Lenoir, Martin, Pitt | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Greene, Jones, Lenoir, Martin and 2 more | 46 min |
| Mar 12, 1:51 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 39 min | |
| Mar 12, 1:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Mar 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow, Pamlico | 51 min |
| Mar 12, 1:58 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 92 min | |
| Mar 12, 2:03 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 57 min | |
| Mar 12, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Dare, Hyde, Jones, Martin and 4 more | 63 min |
| Mar 12, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, Onslow | 30 min |
| Mar 12, 2:23 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 37 min |
| Mar 12, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Mar 12, 2:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven | 48 min |
| Mar 12, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Carteret, Craven, Pamlico | 27 min |
| Mar 12, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 72 min | |
| Mar 12, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Mar 12, 3:02 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 58 min | |
| Mar 12, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Carteret, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell and 1 more | 39 min |
| Mar 12, 3:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 89 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.