1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Aug 20, 1:00 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 200 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 HEATING ALONG WITH A LITTLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT HAS KEPT SHRA/TSTM ACTIVITY GOING ALONG THE COAST. THIS H5 VORT MOVES OFFSHORE BY THIS EVENING AS YET ANOTHER APPROACHES THE CRYSTAL COAST FROM THE SOUTH. THIS COMBINED WITH A COLD FRONT THAT WILL PUSH INTO THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE WILL KEEP SCT SHRA/TSTMS ALONG THE COAST THRU TNT. THIS FRONT BEGINS TO REACH THE COAST TUE AM WHERE IT WILL BECMG NEARLY STATIONARY. WILL UP THE POPS JUST A LITTLE TNGT FOR COASTAL AREAS. ETA MEAN RH SUGGESTS THAT SCATTERED SHRA/TSTMS WILL CONT TUE... ESPECIALLY NEAR AND ALONG THE COAST INTO TUE AM. THE FRONT MOVES OFFSHORE LATE TUE AFTN/EVENING AS A SFC HIGH PUSHES IN FROM THE W. WEDNESDAY...LOOKS TO BE DRY WITH STRONG SUBSIDENCE AND A SFC HIGH OVER THE STATE. TEMPS WILL CONT NEAR NORMAL WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80. ETA SUGGESTS LOWS WED MORNING IN THE LOW TO MID 60S. THIS IS LIKELY TOO COLD...BUT WILL SHAVE OFF A DEGREE OR 2 IN CURRENT FCST. IN THE EXTENDED...ANOTHER FRONT MOVES INTO THE REGION THU INTO THU NIGHT BRINGING ANOTHER CHC FOR SHRA/TSTMS. THIS FRONT LOOKS AS THOUGH IT WILL STALL ALONG THE COAST OR JUST OFFSHORE AND REMAIN IN THE AREA INTO THE WEEKEND. THIS COULD KEEP SCT SHRA/TSTMS AROUND THE COASTAL REGION THRU THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK. MARINE FCST...SW 15-20 KT AHEAD OF FRONT BUT WINDS SHOULD DROP OFF BY MORNING TO 10-15 KT. FRONT HANGS UP OVER COASTAL WATERS AND MOST LIKELY WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE TOMORROW NIGHT INTO WED. IN CONVECTION THERE WILL BE WINDS SCA CRITERIA AND WILL COVER THAT WITH WINDS AND SEAS HIGHER NEAR TSTMS. .MHX...NONE. ORROCK/SHAFFER
NCZ029-044-045-079-202330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 551 PM EDT MON AUG 20 2001 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ONTO THE COASTAL PLAIN... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL MOVE ACROSS GREENE...PITT...AND MARTIN COUNTIES. WHEN YOU HEAR THUNDER MOVE INSIDE TO AVOID GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH AN HOUR AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. WS
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Severe thunderstorm winds estimated around 70 mph destroyed two mobile homes in Ayden.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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