1 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 Aug 27, 9:20 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1020 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2005 .SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)...NO UPDATE PLANNED. WILL CONTINUE CURRENT FCST WITH CHC POPS ALL ZONES THIS AFTN...HIGHEST ALONG COAST. WEAK COASTAL TROF WILL KEEP BEST LIFT AND MSTR CONVERGENCE NEAR COAST...AND WESTERLY FLOW ABV 800 MB KEEP ACTIVITY FAIRLY SHALLOW AND LIMIT MOVEMENT INLAND. COULD STILL SEE ISOLD/WDLY SCT ACTIVITY INLAND WITH HEATING AND WEAK SHRT WV. TEMPS AND SKY CONDITION OK. && .AVIATION...SCT SHRA AND ISOLD TSTMS CONFINED MAINLY NEAR THE COAST WITH COASTAL TROUGH DEVELOPING. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED EXCEPT MVFR IN PCPN. && .MARINE...WILL MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO SPEEDS AND DIRECTION BUT FCST IS IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. COASTAL TROUGH OVER OUR WATERS AND WINDS AND SEAS ARE CURRENTLY ESE AROUND 15 KT WITH SEAS 5 FT AT BUOY 41025 AND BUOY 41013. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && JBM/WS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 417 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2005 AMZ130-135-154-156-158-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-104- 280830- ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND- S OF CAPE HATTERAS TO OCRACOKE INLET NC OUT 20 NM INCLUDING THE MONITOR NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY- S OF OCRACOKE INLET TO CAPE LOOKOUT NC OUT 20 NM- S OF CAPE LOOKOUT TO N OF SURF CITY NC OUT 20 NM-MARTIN-PITT- WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE- DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- OUTER BANKS HYDE- 417 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. AMZ150-152-NCZ103-280830- S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM- S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM-OUTER BANKS DARE- 417 AM EDT SAT AUG 27 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A MODERATE THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS TODAY NORTH OF CAPE HATTERAS...OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 10 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:17 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported a waterspout moved onshore near Emerald Isle, then quickly dissipated.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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