1 tornado, 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 22, 9:15 AM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1015 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 .PUBLIC...SHOWER ACTIVITY MOVING THRU COASTAL SECTIONS OF ONSLOW...CARTERET...AND PAMLICO COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. MEANWHILE...SHOWERS JUST BEGINNING TO DEVELOP OVER INLAND COUNTIES. CURRENT FCST CALLING FOR 40 POP ON COAST AND 30 INLAND AND THIS IS LOOKING FAIRLY GOOD. NO UPDATE NEEDED ATTM. .MARINE...WEAK SW P-GRAD OVER NEAR SHORE WATERS TO BE REPLACED BY INCREASED S/SW FLOW LATER TODAY AS WARM FRONT/SHORT WAVE LIFTS N. KMHX WSR-88D SHOWS SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTMS ALONG OUR 0-20NM CWFA CORRIDOR. ACTIVITY FOR THE MOST PART SHOULD REMAIN OFFSHORE MAKING FOR A BUMPY RIDE (WATCH THE LIGHTNING STRIKES) FOR BOATERS. SEAS ALONG OCEAN BUOYS CURRENTLY RUNNING 3-4 FT WITH S-SW WINDS AT 15-20 KTS. SURF CAMS/REPORTS DEPICTING WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 FT ALONG ENTIRE NC COAST. SOMEWHAT PERSISTENT SW FLOW OVER PAST SEVERAL DAYS PROMPTING MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FOR BEACH-GOERS ALONG SOUTH FACING BEACHES OF THE CRYSTAL COAST TODAY. NEXT UNSEASONABLE-LIKE COLD FRONT FEATURE PRESENTATION HEADS TOWARD REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. POSSIBLE SCA CONDITIONS ALONG SOUTHERN LEG THURSDAY WITH ADVENT OF FRONT AS NWW3 SHOWS SEAS RISING TO 4-6 FT. GIVEN STRONG DYNAMICS OF UPPER LOW... THIS LATTER WEEK FRONT SHOULD ALSO MOVE THRU CWFA THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE LIFTING BACK N IN REPEAT FASHION AS WARM FRONT FRIDAY. SW 10-15 KT/NO-FLAG FLOW THEN ENSUES HEADING INTO UPCOMING WEEKEND. AS FOR TROPICS...EXCEPT FOR SEVERAL WAVES MOVING AT A BRISK E-W PACE ACROSS THE CARIB SEA AND HEADING TOWARD CENTRAL AMERICA/PACIFIC ENVIRONS...ALL IS QUIET WITH NO SIGNS OF ACTIVITY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ATLANTIC BASIN MAY JUST GET AWAY WITH A NO-NAME JUNE. .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. GC/TK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 425 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-230824- 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 425 AM EDT TUE JUN 22 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION BY MID MORNING. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH NEAR SEVERE LIMITS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS SOUTH OF OCRACOKE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY WELL AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS BY EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MLF
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 28 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:27 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Weak tornado moved across a neighborhood in Swansboro taking some siding off a house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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