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 18, 1:59 PM EST, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 259 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 .SHORT TERM...SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS WILL FORM ALONG SFC TROF EXTNDG FROM ABOUT ROANOKE RAPIDS TO LUMBERTON LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANTICIPATE CONVECTION COULD BE LOCALLY STG WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATES GIVEN THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES OF 2.25 INCHES. PER THE LOCAL WORKSTATION ETA/ETA12...CONVECTION LIKELY TO STICK AROUND UNTIL AFTER 06Z BEFORE WANING TOWARD MORNING. VERY HUMID CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH MINS NOT LIKELY TO GET BLO 75 DEGREES ANYWHERE IN THE CWA. FOR SAT...EXPECT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND TSTMS ALONG SLOWLY ADVANCING FRONT WHICH MOVES FROM NEAR THE ALBEMARLE SOUND AT 12Z TO NEAR THE CRYSTAL COAST BY 00Z TO 06Z SUNDAY. STILL MUGGY ON SATURDAY AND WILL HEADLINE HEAT INDICES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES...BUT NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR A HEAT ADVISORY. BEHIND FRONT ON SUNDAY...1025 MB HIGH BUILDS DOWN THE COAST WITH DEWPOINTS DROPPING INTO THE 60S AND MAX TEMPS ABOUT 6 TO 8 DEGREES COOLER. && .LONG TERM...SUBTROPICAL RIDGE WILL BE SUPRESSED TO THE SOUTH FOR MUCH OF THE NEXT WORKWEEK WITH ACTIVE WESTERLIES ACROSS OUR REGION. EXPECT A DIURNALLY DRIVEN CONVECTIVE REGIME WITH 20-30 PCT POPS DURING THE CLIMATOLOGICALLY FAVORED TIME OF DAY. TEMPS REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL NORMS. && .MARINE...HI PRES AND TROF TO OUR S. WINDS GRNLY SW 15-20KT AND SEAS 4-5 FT...BUT DID RECENTLY GET A REPORT OF 6 FT SEAS FRM A BOAT HEADING S OUT OF BEAUFORT INLET. MAY HEADLINE CAUTION S OF HATTERAS FOR TNGT AS CONT SW FETCH HAS PROBABLY BUILT THE SEAS TO AROUND OR JUST UNDER SCA LIMITS...AND THIS SUPPORTED BY 41025 REPORTS. MUCH OF THE SAME SAT UNTIL THE FRONT MVS THRU...WHICH IS NOW PROGD BY THE MDLS ARND 00Z SUN N WTRS AND 06Z SUN S WTRS. CUD SEE A PD OF SOLID NE 20KT WINDS ON SUN AS HI PRES BLD TO OUR N. MORE TRANQUIL COND ON MON AS HI PRES BLD OVER OR JUST E OF OUR WTRS. && .AVIATION...FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR PSBLTY OF BROKEN LINE OF CONVECTION W/ BKN030CB MVG THRU THE AREA...OTHERWISE SCT030 CU REST OF THE IS AFTERNOON...THEN SOME MIDCLOUDS LEFTOVER FROM CONVECTION THIS EVENING. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MHX 77 88 72 81 / 30 30 30 10 EWN 75 91 70 84 / 30 30 30 10 HSE 77 84 72 78 / 30 30 30 10 PGV 77 90 70 84 / 30 30 30 10 && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. && 11/COLLINS - PUBLIC/FIRE 17/PETRO - MARINE/AVIATION
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 506 AM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-190905- BEAUFORT NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-GREENE NC-JONES NC- LENOIR NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-ONSLOW NC- OUTER BANKS DARE NC-OUTER BANKS HYDE NC-PAMLICO NC-PITT NC- TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC BEACH...BAYBORO...BEAUFORT... BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...BUXTON...CEDAR ISLAND...COLUMBIA...DUCK... EMERALD ISLE...ENGELHARD...FRISCO...GREENVILLE...HARKERS ISLAND... HATTERAS VILLAGE...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KENANSVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KINSTON...KITTY HAWK...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR... MANTEO...MOREHEAD CITY...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN... NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...OCRACOKE...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL... SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW... WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON 506 AM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY DANGEROUS HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA EXCEPT FOR THE OUTER BANKS THIS AFTERNOON. HEAT INDICES ALONG THE OUTER BANKS WILL BE 100 TO 105 DEGREES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON. INLAND AREAS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO RECEIVE THE HEAVY RAIN. THERE IS A MODERATE THREAT FOR RIP CURRENTS SOUTH OF CAPE HATTERAS TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 712 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 NCZ029-044-045-079-190015- GREENE-WASHINGTON-MARTIN-PITT- 712 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT...MARTIN...WASHINGTON AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 830 PM EDT... AT 712 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF PLYMOUTH TO 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF SNOW HILL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR PLYMOUTH AT 815 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE GREENVILLE AND WILLIAMSTON. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. 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. 10
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 805 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>093-103-190100- TYRRELL-OUTER BANKS DARE-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-GREENE-CRAVEN-MAINLAND HYDE-WASHINGTON-MARTIN-PITT- 805 PM EDT FRI JUN 18 2004 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT...MARTIN...WASHINGTON... MAINLAND HYDE...CRAVEN...GREENE...LENOIR...JONES...DUPLIN... BEAUFORT...MAINLAND DARE...OUTER BANKS DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 805 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF MANTEO TO GREENVILLE...AND SOUTH TO NEAR CLINTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WINTERVILLE AT 810 PM EDT...KITTY HAWK AT 815 PM EDT...WOODLEY AT 820 PM EDT...MOSS HILL AT 825 PM EDT...KILL DEVIL HILLS AT 830 PM EDT...WYSE FORK AT 835 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...COLUMBIA...GREENVILLE...KENANSVILLE...KINSTON ...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR...MANTEO...NAGS HEAD... PLYMOUTH... TRENTON...WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY OVER MARTIN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 10
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotter reported small boats flipped over at a marine dealership, and small trees down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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