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 Jun 14, 2:30 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 330 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 CURRENT LINE OF STRONG/SVR STORMS WILL AFFECT AREA INTO EVE...THEN EXPECT ANOTHER BOUT OF STORMS OVERNIGHT ASSCTD WITH STRONGER SHRT WV UPSTREAM. CATEGORICAL POPS PLANNED FOLLOWING HIGHER NUMBERS FROM ETA MOS. 1ST COLD FRONT WILL MAKE IT OFF COAST AROUND 12Z...THEN SECONDARY FRONT SAT NIGHT...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER ONE SUN NIGHT. THESE REINFORCING SHOTS OF COOLER DRIER AIR WILL BE IN RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL SHRT WVS ROTATING AROUND BASE OF UPR LOW MOVING INTO ERN GREAT LAKES. MEAN RH AND OMEGA WILL BE LIMITED AFTER TONIGHT AND PLAN ON DRY FCST OVER WEEKEND OTHER THAN LINGERING 20 POP SAT AM ALONG COAST. STRONGER SHRT WV ROTATING IN MON AND WILL GO WITH CHC POP...OTHERWISE DRY FCST FOR DAYS 4-7. CONSENSUS MOS TEMPS ACCEPTED FOR SHORT TERM. CWF: BOUYS INDICATING WINDS IN THE 20 KT PLUS RANGE. WITH THE GRADIENT EXPECTED TO FURTHER TIGHTEN WITH APPROACH OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL RAISE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT. WILL ALSO MENTION HIGHER WINDS AND SEAS WITH EXPECTED THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME WESTERLY AND THEN SOUTHWEST AND DECREASE TO BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS. .MHX...SCA S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO N OF SURF CITY. JBM/RP CORRECTED TO INCLUDE SCA ON WARNING LINE.
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 312 PM EDT FRI JUN 14 2002 A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. BY 330 PM...THE STORMS WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM NORTHERN ONSLOW COUNTY TO TRENTON TO NEW BERN TO NEAR WASHINGTON TO WILLIAMSTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF BECOMING SEVERE AS THEY APPROACH THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND HAIL 3/4 INCH OR GREATER IN DIAMETER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY THUNDERSTORMS. COLBY
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 53 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:49 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A mobile home was destroyed when a large pine tree fell in about 70 mph wind.
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