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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 29, 2026Carteret County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2026, 2:44 AM EDT for Carteret County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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: Jul 29, 2026, 2:44 AM EDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired: Jul 29, 2026, 3:15 AM EDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Carteret County, NC, Onslow County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 8 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2733 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 19.9

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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 Jul 29, 2:30 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 2:30 AM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 1:44 AM EDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 11:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 11:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 12:55 AM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 29, 1:35 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 1:53 AM EDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:05 AM EDT, 39 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
Jul 28, 8:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		95 min
Jul 28, 9:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	28 min
Jul 28, 9:46 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		89 min
Jul 28, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Martin	38 min
Jul 28, 10:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Washington	53 min
Jul 28, 10:44 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		61 min
Jul 28, 10:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Tyrrell, Washington	49 min
Jul 28, 10:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde	31 min
Jul 28, 11:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Beaufort, Hyde, Martin, Pitt, Tyrrell, Washington	3 hr
Jul 28, 11:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		84 min
Jul 28, 11:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	37 min
Jul 28, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		63 min
Jul 28, 11:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Greene, Lenoir	30 min
Jul 28, 11:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		97 min
Jul 28, 11:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	MHX	Dare	3 hr
Jul 28, 11:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Duplin	34 min
Jul 28, 11:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Beaufort, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico, Tyrrell	30 min
Jul 28, 11:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare	42 min
Jul 29, 12:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Jones, Onslow	52 min
Jul 29, 12:19 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		86 min
Jul 29, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Dare, Hyde	41 min
Jul 29, 12:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret, Jones, Onslow	42 min
Jul 29, 12:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		55 min
Jul 29, 12:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	35 min
Jul 29, 12:58 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		62 min
Jul 29, 1:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MHX	Dare, Hyde	3 hr
Jul 29, 1:18 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret	42 min
Jul 29, 1:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		59 min
Jul 29, 1:42 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		2 hr
Jul 29, 1:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Hyde	37 min
Jul 29, 2:05 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	MHX	Onslow	25 min
Jul 29, 2:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Duplin, Onslow	32 min
Jul 29, 2:15 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		60 min
Jul 29, 2:46 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		59 min
Jul 29, 3:03 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MHX	Carteret	42 min
Jul 29, 3:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		63 min
Jul 29, 3:21 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		54 min
Jul 29, 3:52 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		83 min
Jul 29, 4:27 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 min
Jul 29, 5:12 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	MHX		48 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.