1 flash flood, 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 29, 8:24 PM EST, 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 924 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 SFC BNDRY RUNS FROM NRN OUTER BANKS TO CNTRL NC. STRONG LOW LVL CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BNDRY AND GOOD INSTAB HAS LED TO TSRA THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER INLAND AREAS. APPEARS ACTVTY FRTHR W IS WEAKENING A BIT BUT STILL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT AS MOVES E ALONG BNDRY. PLAN ON INCREASING POPS TO LIKELY OVER INLAND LOCATIONS...MHX SOUNDING IS RATHER DRY AND HIGH CHC WL PROB WORK OK ALONG CST. WL ADD MENTION OF HEAVY RAIN. MARINE: BUMPED UP SEAS 1 FT WHERE WINDS ARE 10-15 KT BASED ON CURRENT BOUY REPORTS FROM FPSN7 AND 41025. OTHER THAN THAT CURRENT FCST IS OK. .MHX...NONE. RF/WS
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-291300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 356 AM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD EAST AND SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS...SOME MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY FROM SURF CITY NORTH TO CAPE HATTERAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MLF
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-091>094-292230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 512 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... THROUGH 630 PM SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL CONTAIN DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT COULD PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION AS THERE WILL BE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS IF YOU RECEIVE ANY THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. WHAT LITTLE MOVEMENT THERE IS APPEARS TO BE NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE GREATEST CONCENTRATION OF STORMS WILL BE OVER MARTIN COUNTY EAST TO TYRRELL COUNTY. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS WILL BE OVER NORTHERN JONES COUNTY AND WESTERN CRAVEN COUNTY. 12
NCZ029-044>046-080-081-091>094-292330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 630 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL RAINS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE SLOW AND ERRATIC THROUGH 730 PM. DOPPLER RADAR HOURLY RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS. THE AREA WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE OVER BEAUFORT COUNTY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WASHINGTON TO BELHAVEN. DUE TO THE DOWNPOURS, PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS CAN BE EXPECTED. 12
NCZ029-044-079-090-091-300130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 830 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 ...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER COASTAL PLAIN... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES AN HOUR WILL AFFECT THE COASTAL PLAIN OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE THUNDERSTORMS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY BE ALERT AT NIGHT AND IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY USE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. IF THE CURRENT RAINFALL RATES PERSIST A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NECESSARY FOR GREENE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL OCCUR OVER THE NORTH PART OF DUPLIN COUNTY EXTENDING NORTH TO THE WESTERN PART OF PITT COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WS
NCZ029-044-079-091-300230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 930 PM EDT TUE JUL 29 2003 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL LIFT NORTH AROUND 10 MPH ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE NORTH PART OF LENOIR COUNTY TO THE WESTERN HALF OF MARTIN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OF 3 TO 4 INCHES FROM 830 PM TO 930 PM ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH PART OF LENOIR COUNTY AND THE SOUTH PART OF GREEN COUNTY. MOTORISTS CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY BECAUSE YOU CAN NOT KNOW THE DEPTH OF THE WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. WS
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Greene county 911 center reported one foot of water over Highway 13 west of Snowhill.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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