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 Apr 25, 7:45 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 845 PM EDT THU APR 25 2002 COLDFRONT ROUGHLY ALONG A ASJ-PGV-FAY LINE AS OF 00Z. SOME SHOWERS AND A FEW TSTMS HAVE FORMED ALONG INSTABILITY AXIS AHEAD OF FRONT OVER OUR NRN CWA. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD MOVE OFFSHORE SHORTLY AND WILL HANDLE WITH NOWCASTS FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. WILL UPDATE FCST TO BECOME A LITTLE MORE PESSIMISTIC ON SKY COVER OVERNIGHT. IR SATPIX AND SFC OBS SHOWING QUITE A BIT OF AC/CI BACK ACROSS THE PIEDMONT AND IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE A GOOD CHUNK OF THE NIGHT FOR DRIER AIR TO EAT AWAY AT THIS CLOUDINESS...SO WILL WORD ZONE FCST ACCORDINGLY. FCST MIN TEMPS LOOK FINE AS H8 TEMPS COOL FROM THE 11C OBSERVED ON THE 00Z MHX SOUNDING TO ABOUT 4-6C BY MORNING. CWF: LEADING EDGE OF COLD FRONT BEARING DOWN ON THE COAST. MAV GUIDANCE SHOWS FROPA COMPLETLY OFF COAST AROUND 03Z. MSAS DATA DEPICTS WINDS ACROSS MOST OF INLAND PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA IN NW 10-15 KNOT MODE. OVERNIGHT, EXPECT A QUICK SURGE OF NORTHERLY WINDS ALONG COASTAL WATERS AS THE FRONT MOVES OUT TO SEA. OFFSHORE WATERS BUMPY WITH FPSN7 AT 8 FEET WITH A SOUTH WIND AT 20-30 KNOTS AND DSLN7 WITH A SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTING TO 43 KNOTS. ALTHOUGH WINDS START OUT BRISKLY FROM THE NORTH (15-20 KNOTS) FRIDAY MORNING, THEY GRADUALLY DECREASE (5-15 KNOTS) THROUGH THE DAY AS 1027 MB HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS TOWARD US AND TURNS WINDS IN A MORE NORTHEAST FASHION. AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST AND OFF THE COAST SATURDAY, WINDS ROTATE SOUTHEAST AND BEGIN TO INCREASE (15-20 KNOTS) BY AFTERNOON, THEN VEER SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BY NIGHTFALL. SEAS BEGIN TO BUILD ONCE AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE (WILL BE DEEPER THAN TODAYS LOW) MOVES ACROSS AND TO OUR NORTH. SOUTHWESTERLY WIND FLOW REALLY KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR SUNDAY WITH NEAR GALE CONDITIONS. SEAS WILL BUILD RAPIDLY ON SUNDAY AS IS EVIDENT ON WAVEWATCH 3 AND BUOYWEATHER WAVE MODELS...TAKING FPSN7 UP TO 9-11 FEET AND DSLN7 11-13. WORD OF NOTE...SEVERAL DAYS AGO THE WW3 AND BUOYWEATHER WAVE MODELS FORECASTED SEAS (FPSN7) REACHING THE 7-8 FOOT THRESHOLD. TRUE TO FORM (AND JUST A TAD UNDERDONE), FPSN7 REACHED 9 FEET (8.9 FT TO BE EXACT) AT 3 PM. WITH ALL THIS SAID AND DONE...RIP CURRENT THREAT FOR FRIDAY ALONG ALL NC BEACHES ON THE LOW SIDE. .MHX...SCA FOR COASTAL WATERS AND SOUNDS. COLLINS/GC
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A thunderstorm gust knocked down trees which fell onto a house near Columbia causing minor damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, April 2002
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