1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 17, 1:48 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 248 PM EDT TUE APR 17 2001 ...THE WORD IS COLD... MODELS IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT. A STRONG H5 VORT WILL TRACK ACROSS NC THIS AFTERNOON AND OFF THE VA COAST BY 06Z. EXPECT SHOWERS ACROSS MUCH OF CWA THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED TSTMS POSSIBLE. SOME SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. FOR N PART OF CWA WILL MENTION RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS JUST IN CASE A FEW FLAKES FALL. EVEN IF SNOW SHOWERS DO FALL...GROUND TEMPS ARE TOO WARM FOR ANY ACCUMULATION. MUCH OF THE LIFT WILL BE OFF THE COAST BY 06Z AND THE HIGHEST POPS WILL BE OVER COASTAL SECTIONS WITH THE OUTER BANKS HAVING THE BEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS. RECORD LOWS COULD OCCUR TONIGHT BUT WINDS SHOULD STAY UP ENOUGH TO PREVENT FROST FROM FORMING. RECORD LOWS TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A LIGHT FREEZE AND FROST PROBABLE SINCE HIGH WILL BE MOVING ALMOST OVERHEAD AND WINDS BECOME LIGHT. VERY COLD UPPER LOW OVER WV WILL MOVE E THEN LIFT OUT TO THE NE. SFC LOW OFFSHORE WILL LIFT NE AND DEEPEN WREAKING HAVOC FOR NE U.S. WEDNESDAY EXPECIALLY MARINE INTERESTS. SFC HIGH OVER N PLAINS WILL BUILD S TO AR BY 12Z WED THEN MOVE E AND BE CENTERED OVER THE SE U.S. BY THU MORNING. TEMPS...WHERE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE WILL GO WITH COOLER MAV NUMBERS. RECORD LOW TEMPS: WED 18TH THU 19TH EWN 35/1966 36/1983 NKT 36/1966 35/1983 NCA 38/1962 36/1983 EXTENDED...DRY WITH A WARMING TREND. THANKS AKQ FOR COORDINATION. CWF...LOW PRES ALONG CST TO DEEPEN AND MOVE NE OVR NIGHT. STRONG GRADIENT AND COLD ADV TO MOVE TO CSTL WATERS EARLY THIS EVENING. XPCT GALE TONIGHT WITH SOME DECREASE OVR S WTRS AND SOUNDS LATE. WNDS TO DROP TO BLO GALE EARLY WED N WTRS AND DIMINISH ALL AREAS DURING THE DAY AS HIGH PRES APPROACHES. WED NIGHT AND THU: HIGH CONT TO APPROACH WATERS WED NIGHT AND SETTLES IN OVR AREA THU WITH WNDS AND SEAS DIMINISHING FURTHER IN RESPONSE TO WEAKENING GRADIENT. .MHX...GALE WARN CSTL WTRS AND SNDS. PUBLIC/FIRE......WS AVIATION.........JBM MARINE...........GW
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 37 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:14 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A weak tornado moved over Open Grounds Farms, knocking over trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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