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 Jul 10, 10:10 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1110 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 12Z MHX SOUNDING SHOWS INCREASED MOISTURE (1.99 PW) AND INDICES ARE REFLECTING INCREASED INSTABILITY. COLD FRONT...NOW THROUGH CEN VA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH...AND MOVE INTO AND THROUGH NC THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT. MODELS DONT AGREE ON TIMING OF FROPA...WITH ETA THE MORE PROGRESSIVE. LEANING TOWARD AVN SOLUTION...WITH FROPA THRU MHX ABOUT 12Z THU. CURRENT PRECIP IS CONFINED TO THE NE CORNER OF THE STATE. MAJOR CHANGES NOT REQUIRED TO ZFP....WILL ADDRESS AFTERNOON WORDING AND EMPHASIZE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TSTMS LATER TODAY. ...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... AFT FROPA DCNT SFC RDG BLDS OVR AREA THU. THEN FRNT STARTS TO MV BACK N FRI AFTN AND BCMS MR N/S ORIENTED AS ANTHR WV FORMS ON IT. THIS IN EFFECT WL KP FRONT OVR AREA INTO EARLY NXT WK AS UPR LO THAT IS TRYING TO CUT OFF FROM MAIN SYS MEANDERS ARND TO OUR W AND BERMUDA HIGH TRIES TO BLD BACK IN TO OUR S. CWF...MAIN CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WILL BE TO DROP SCA FOR THE NRN WATERS AND SOUNDS TO SCEC. WINDS AND SEAS ARE BELOW ADVY LEVELS AND CONSENSUS OF MODELS IS TO DECREASE FLOW TO 15 TO 20 KT IN REGION OF WEAKER P-GRAD ASCTD WITH DEVELOPING WEAK FRONTAL WAVE LATER TODAY. ACROSS THE SRN WATERS NOT SO CLEAR CUT. FPSN HAS BEEN BELOW SCA CONDITIONS BUT RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE WOOTEN AT THE MONITOR RECOVERY AREA (SE OF DSNL) OF 25-30 KT AND 5-6 FOOT SEAS. THIS MATCHES UP WITH REPORTED WIND SPEEDS FROM DSNL OFF THE WEB. IN ADDITION 06Z MESO-ETA AND THE 06Z AVN ALL SHOW AN INC IN PREFRONTAL SW FLOW S OF HAT...ESP THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO FALLING SFC PRES INLAND WITH DEVELOPING LOW. THUS WILL KEEP SCA FOR THE WATERS S OF HAT INTACT DESPITE LACK OF STRONG SUPPORT IN THE LIMITED OBS NETWORK. STILL SIG DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF FROPA BUT THERE IS AGREEMENT IN A PRETTY GOOD SURGE OF NE FLOW TO SCA LEVELS FOLLOWING THE FRONT. .MHX...SCA S OF CAPE HATTERAS. PRINGLE/ELARDO
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-102100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 1020 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTH LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE AND HEATING WILL ACT TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY. KEEP ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU BEGIN TO HEAR THUNDER...THAT IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION...OR TUNE TO LOCAL MEDIA TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER TRENDS. 18
NCZ044-091-101830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 150 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT AND LENOIR COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 150 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE TO MOSS HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GREENVILLE AT 155 PM EDT...KINSTON AT 200 PM EDT.. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JO
NCZ090-101900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 158 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DUPLIN COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 158 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WARSAW AT 205 PM EDT...KENANSVILLE AT 220 PM EDT...KORNEGAY AT 235 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE ALBERTSON...BEULAVILLE...BOWDENS...CHINQUAPIN...GREENEVERS AND MAGNOLIA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JO
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
218 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
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0200 PM HOOKERTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 GREENE SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
HOOKERTON REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER.NCZ091-101915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 240 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LENOIR COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 240 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LA GRANGE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR KINSTON AT 300 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE DAWSON...GRANGERS AND MOSS HILL. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. MC
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:02 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous trees were blown down by severe thunderstorm winds making Highway 32 impassable.
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