2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 9:01 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1001 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 .SRT TERM... WIDESPREAD CONVECTION LAST NIGHT OVER NRN TIER IS BECOMING MORE SCT AS SHIFTS E. WEAK BNDRY/WIND SHIFT IS ALONG CST AND WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE OR SHIFT INLAND WITH HEATING THIS AFTN. 12Z SOUNDING IS A LITTLE MORE UNSTABLE TODAY. EXPECT SCT CONVECTION THIS AFTN AND WILL CONT CHCY POPS. SHLD SEE ENUF SUN FOR HIGHS AROUND 85 MOST INLAND SPOTS. && .MARINE...MSAS/SFC ANALYSIS/KMHX 88-D DEPICT MEANDERING FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED BETWEEN CEDAR ISLAND AND DOWN EAST CARTERET COUNTY NEAR BEAUFORT AT THE MOMENT. BOUNDARY TO CONTINUE AND VACILLATE A WHILE LONGER TODAY BEFORE DRIFTING N AND DISSIPATING ALL-TOGETHER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. AS A RESULT...GRADIENT/SEAS/SOUND WATER WAVE HEIGHTS TO BE ON THE LIGHT AND WEAK SIDE FOR NEXT DAY OR TWO BEFORE BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE RE-ASSERTS >10 KT FLOW BY MID WEEK. SPEAKING OF RATHER BENIGN...OFFSHORE BUOYS FROM 64 MILES E OF VA BEACH (44014) DOWN TO SOUTHERN LEG FPSN7/41013 SHOWING SEAS RIGHT AROUND 3 FT AT 6-8 SECOND INTERVALS. 36 INCH SEA STATE NUMBERS TRANSLATING TO 1-3 FT WAVES ALONG ENTIRE STRETCH OF NC SURF ZONE REAL ESTATE THIS MORNING. RIP CURRENT RISKS REMAIN IN LOW CATEGORY FOR BEACH-GOERS TODAY. LONG RANGE MODELS STILL SCHEDULE AN EARLY JUNE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT TO APPROACH OHIO VALLEY/MID ATLANTIC STATES THURSDAY...THEN MOVE N-S THRU REGION/CWFA ON FRIDAY. HEFTY 1025MB HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER EASTERN-THIRD OF CANADA SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM PUSHING AFORMENTIONED FRONT DOWN TO NC/SC BORDER SATURDAY. GFS SHOWS FROPA ALONG NORTHERN LEG WATERS FRIDAY MORNING...THEN OVER SOUTHERN LEG DURING REMAINDER OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS ROTATE FROM SW TO NW WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE FRIDAY... THEN VEER QUICKLY N AND NE FRIDAY NIGHT AS CANADIAN HIGH RIDGES STHWD ALONG THE WATERFRONT. TROPICALLY SPEAKING...THERES NOTHING REALLY TO SPEAK ABOUT EXCEPT FOR SOME CLOUDS/SHOWERS MOVING W AND AFFECTING PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN CARIB SEA AND ADJACENT LAND AREAS OVER CENTRAL AMERICA. ITS STILL EARLY. .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. RF/GC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 450 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-080848- 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-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...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL... SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW... WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON 450 AM EDT MON JUN 7 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF THE AREA COULD PRODUCE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JC
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:51 UTC.
2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado reported over Open Grounds in eastern Carteret County.
Weak tornado reported nearly stationary near Williston.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 2004Warnings in North Carolina, June 2004
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5404920, 5405004.