1 lightning, 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 Jul 25, 1:53 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 253 PM EDT WED JUL 25 2001 TNT...MDLS ARE A BIT AT ODDS CONCERNING TSTM CHCS OVN WITH FWC HAVING VRY HI POPS AND AVN GUID MUCH LOWER...ETA TENDS TO BE IN THE MIDDLE. PROBS RESOLVE ARND THE HANDLING OF THE CIRCULATION/VORT MAX WHICH AT 18Z WAS NR AVL. GUID TAKES IT NE THEN E ALNG THE VA/NC BORDER OVN. AVN NOT DVLPNG MUCH LIFT WITH THIS FEATURE BUT ETA/NGM HAVE A GD DEAL. AT THIS PT WILL COMPROMISE AND ALLOW A TSTM CHC ALL NGT INSTEAD OF JUST THE EVENING HRS. THE HIEST POPS WILL BE OVR THE CSTL PLN CLOSER TO THE TRACK OF THE VORT WITH SLGT CHCS FURTHER E TWD THE CST. LOW TEMPS AGAIN VRY BALMY WITH UPP 70S. THU...THE VORT MENTIONED ABV MOVS OFF THE CST ON THU BUT LEAVES A LOBE OF VORTICITY BEHIND ACRS ERN NC. THIS COMBINED WITH HEATING AND THE C-BRZ WILL BRING A CHC OF TSTMS. WILL CALL IT 30% FOR EVERYONE UNDR P/C SKIES. STILL HIGH DWPTS WITH HIGH TEMPS UPP 80S/90. THU NGT...ANTHR WK PIECE OF SHRTWV ENERGY DRIFTS INTO ERN NC LATE AS THE SFC COLD FNT MOVS INTO SRN VA. WILL ALLOW FOR A TSTM OVN AS GUID BRINGS DECENT UVM ACRS THE REG LATE. STILL QUITE WARM AND HUMID WITH UPP 70S FOR LOWS. FRI...THE COLD FNT SLOLY EDGES SWD FRM VA INTO ERN NC. GD HEATING S OF THE BNDRY WILL GET THE ATMOS UNSTABLE AND THE COLD FNT SHLD HAVE DECENT LO LVL CONVRG. MEAN RH IS ALSO HIGHER SO AM EXPECTING SOME TSTMS ALNG AND AHEAD OF THE FNT. WILL GO 40% FOR NOW SINCE ITS 4TH PERIOD. CWF: WINDS GETTING TO 25 KT WILL BE MARGINAL IN SW FLOW FOR NRN WATERS...BUT WILL ALLOW FOR WINDS 20 TO 25 KT TONIGHT AND GO WITH SCA FOR NRN WATERS AND ALBEMARLE SND. WILL DECREASE WINDS JUST BELOW SCA CONDS ON THU AND THU NIGHT. FOR SRN WATERS WILL GO WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 KT AND SCEC. FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NRN WATERS AND WINDS DIMINISH FURTHER ON FRI. MHX...NONE. GATES/BANDY
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:07 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning stuck a tree which then fell onto a residence late in the afternoon. The residence suffered minor structural damage from the weight of the tree.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, July 2001
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