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 Sep 27, 2:12 PM EST, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 312 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 .SHORT TERM...REMNANTS OF TD JEANNE NOW LIFTING NORTH THROUGH GA AND SHOULD BEGIN A TURN TO THE NE SOON. NHC TRACK HAS IT PASSING WEST OF THE CWA ON TUE THEN NORTH REEMERGING OFF THE VA COAST BY LATE TUE EVNG/EARLY WED. SYSTEM IS EXPERIENCING SHEAR NOW AS IT PICKS UP SPEED SHOULD SHEAR OUT EVEN MORE. BEST RAINFALL APPEARS AS THOUGH IT WILL FALL ALONG AND WEST/NORTH OF THE CENTER OF CIRCULATION. THAT WOULD PUT MY CWA IN AN AREA OF LESS RAINFALL. HOWEVER...WE ARE STILL IN A MORE FAVORED AREA FOR TORNADIC ACTIVITY. FORECAST SOUNDINGS DO INDICATE AN INCREASE LOW LVL SHEAR/HELICITY THROUGH THE EVNG AND OVERNIGHT AND AREAS TO THE SOUTH HAVE EXPERIENCED SOME WEAK TORNADOES TODAY. BUT...WITH LACK OF HEATING OVERNIGHT THREAT MAY BE SOMEWHAT DIMINISHED BY SLIGHT INCREASE IN STABILITY IN BOUNDARY LAYER. RAINBANDS TO THE SOUTH ARE SHOWING SOME SIGNS OF DECREASE NOW AS MID LVL DRY AIR WRAPS AROUND THE SYSTEM. AM CONCERNED THIS COULD INCREASE INSTABILITY BEFORE SUNSET...BUT WILL NOT BE OVER US YET. WILL ADJUST WX TO SHOW LIKELY POPS EARLY THIS EVENING THEN INCREASE TO CATEGORICAL OVERNIGHT. WITH DECREASE CHANCE FOR RAINS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES WILL OPT NOT TO ISSUE FLOOD WATCH. EXPECT CATEGORICAL RAINS EARLY TUE AS WELL THEN SYSTEM BEGINS TO PULL AWAY. MID/UPPER LVL CIRCULATIONS GET CAUGHT IN APPROACHING UPPER LVL TROF WHILE SFC REFLECTION IS SHEARED TO THE ENE INTO THE WRN ATLANTIC BY EARLY WED MRNG. && .LONG TERM...GFS AND ETA BOTH KEEP UPPER TROF WELL NORTH OF THE RGN AND REBUILD HI OVER THE WRN ATLANTIC BY THURS MRNG. GFS HOLDS THIS RIDGE OVER THE RGN WITH DRYING BY LATE WED/EARLY THURS. ETA IS A LITTLE WETTER AND TRIES TO BRING LIGHT PCPN INTO THE RGN THURS AND FRI. WILL CONTINUE TO RIDE THE GFS AND KEEP EXTENDED PERIOD MAINLY DRY. GFS IS NOW SHOWING A BOUNDARY DROPPING DOWN SAT NIGHT INTO SUN BUT THIS IS A NEW FEATURE. WILL KEEP SAT DRY BUT WILL SHOW ISOLD ACTIVITY FOR SUN IF BOUNDARY IS A BIT SLOWER. && .AVIATION...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS EXCEPT IN SHRA/TSTMS UNTIL AROUND 04Z WHEN MVFR CIG ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN THEN LIFT TO AROUND 3000 FT BY 16Z. SCT TO NUMEROUS SHRA/TSTMS OVER E NC TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY TOMORROW. && .MARINE...WILL KEEP SCA GOING FOR SEAS BUT WINDS WILL BE VEERING AROUND TO S LATER TONIGHT AND INCREASING TO 20-25 KT. WE WILL BE FLIRTING WITH GALES TOMORROW AS REMNANTS OF JEANNE PASS BY TO OUR W AND N BUT HAVE DECIDED TO GO WITH STRONG SCA. BOATING CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE SOUTH OF HATTERAS WEDNESDAY BUT SEAS WILL BE SLOW TO FALL N OF HATTERAS DUE TO BACK SWELL FROM JEANNE AND N-NE FLOW. WILL NOT RAISE SCA FOR SOUNDS THIS PACKAGE AS THINK WE WONT SEE 25 KT UNTIL CLOSER TO SUNRISE. WILL LIKELY RAISE SCA FOR SOUNDS WITH EVENING UPDATE. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR ZONES AMZ150-152-154-156-158. && MLF/WS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 415 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-280814- 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 415 AM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WILL MOVE INTO GEORGIA AND SOUTH CAROLINA TODAY...AND WHICH WILL INDIRECTING IMPACT THE AREA WITH ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS AND TORNADOES...AND A HIGH THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS AT LOCAL BEACHES. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...SOME OF WHICH CAN EASILY PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME LOW LYING LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... BY TUESDAY...REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM JEANNE WILL BE IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND EVEN TORNADIC ACTIVITY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. BY WEDNESDAY JEANNE WILL HAVE MOVED OFF THE VIRGINIA COAST...AND NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 405 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-280900- 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 405 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AS REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION JEANNE MOVE CLOSER TO EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA... AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION JEANNE MOVE CLOSER TO THE REGION THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT THERE WILL BE AN INCREASED THREAT OF TORNADOES. THE REMNANTS OF THE DEPRESSION WILL MOVE NORTH THEN NORTHEAST OUT OF GEORGIA INTO UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. THE DEPRESSION WILL THEN TURN MORE NORTHEAST INTO NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. BASED ON THIS TRACK FROM THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...THE HIGHEST RISK FOR TORNADOES IS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAINS. HOWEVER...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING...SO RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA.
NCZ095-098-103-104-280900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 515 PM EDT MON SEP 27 2004 ...HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS FROM NORTH OF SURF CITY TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TUESDAY... RESIDUAL SWELLS AND WIND WAVES FROM THE REMNANTS OF JEANNE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE ROUGH SURF ALONG THE COAST TUESDAY. WAVES IN THE SURF ZONE WILL AVERAGE 4 TO 6 FEET NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...AND BUILD TO 6 TO 8 FEET SOUTH OF HATTERAS AS WINDS INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES FROM NORTH OF SURF CITY TO CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT ON TUESDAY. RIP CURRENTS ARE NARROW CHANNELS OF WATER THAT FLOW FROM THE SURF ZONE OUT TO DEEPER WATER. IF YOU GET CAUGHT IN A RIP CURRENT...REMAIN CALM AND SWIM OR WADE PARALLEL TO THE BEACH UNTIL OUT OF ITS PULL... THEN HEAD BACK TO SHORE. PEOPLE ARE URGED TO HEED THE ADVICE OF LOCAL BEACH RESCUE PATROL AND STAY OUT OF THE WATER. RIP CURRENTS ARE MOST COMMON A FEW HOURS EITHER SIDE OF LOW TIDE...WHICH IS AROUND 2 PM TUESDAY.
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:01 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A house was partially destroyed with a back wall blown out and a porch removed. Four large storage bins were completely destroyed with debris strewn for one quarter mile to the northeast.
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