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 25, 2:30 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 330 PM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)...GFS MODEL SEEMS TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE DVLPMT AND MOVMT OF THE BROAD SFC LOW OFF THE SE CST. THE GFS BRINGS WEAK SYS INTO SC OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY SUN MORN...THUS APRS THAT THERE WUDNT BE MUCH TPCL DVLPMT GIVEN THE AMT OF TIME OVR WATER AND SLY UPR SHR ON SYS. MAIN IMPACT ON CWFA WILL BE RAFL OVERNIGHT INTO SUN MORN MAINLY ACRS SRN TIER. AMS MSTR AND INSTABILITY INCR FM N TO S SPREADING ACRS THE ENTIRE AREA WITH PW VALUES INCRG TO GTR THAN 2 INCHES. WILL HAVE CAT 80% POPS ACRS SRN TIER AREA WITH MENTION OF HVY RAFL. IT HAS BEEN DRY OF LATE SO NOT TOO WORRIED ABT SIG FLOODING POTL AT THIS TIME. CERTAINLY CUD BE SOME MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS THOUGH. WILL HAVE LIKELY POPS INTERIOR SECTIONS AND HIGH CHC NRN TIER FOR THIS TIME FRAME. SFC TROF LINGERS NEAR AREA RMNDR SUNDAY INTO MON WITH SCT PRECIP A GOOD BET. THE UPR RDG RMNS E AND SE OF AREA THEN BEGINS TO BUILD BACK IN ON TUE WITH SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION ALG SEABREEZE...AND A RTN TO SLY LOW LVL FLOW. && .LONG TERM (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...UPR RDG BUILDS BACK INTO AREA ALONG WITH BERMUDA HIGH WITH WARMING TEMPS SPLY AWAY FM THE CST WITH A MORE PRONOUNCED S-SW LOW LVL FLOW TO ENSUE. EXPECT HIGH TEMPS WILL MAKE IT TO NR 90 AWAY FM THE CST EACH AFTN WITH THE SEABREEZE PROVIDING THE MAIN FOCUS FOR SCT DIURNAL CONVECTION AFT MID WK. UPR RDG SLIPS S OF AREA WITH A ZONAL UPR FLOW ALLOWING FOR A FNT TO SLIP INTO THE MID ATLC RGN BEFORE BECMG STNRY THERE ON SAT. THIS WILL ALSO RESULT IN THE DVLPMT OF A SFC TROF TO THE W WHICH MAY AID IN DIURNAL CONVECTION. SEASONAL TEMPS TO CONT THRUT EXTDD PD. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS WITH SOME SCT-BKN CU THIS AFTN AND BKN HIGH CEILINGS AROUND 20KFT. CEILINGS WILL SLOWLY DROP THROUGH TONIGHT AS THE MID LVLS BECOME SATURATED WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. AS THE COLUMN BECOMES SATURATED...COULD SEE SOME MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND INTO SUN. CIGS HAVE A DECENT CHC TO BECOME IFR LATE TONIGHT. && .MARINE...SFC LOW WELL SE OF THE SC COAST WILL MOVE NNW INTO N SC AND THEN WEAKEN TOMORROW INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. LATEST GUIDANCE DOES NOT HAVE WINDS REACHING SCA CRITERIA ACROSS ANY OF OUR COASTAL WATERS. THE BIGGEST MARINE ISSUE WILL BE THE SE SWELL WHICH COULD GO UP TO 9 FT ACROSS THE S WATERS TONIGHT. HIGH PRES WILL BE OVER THE W ATLC AFTER THE LOW WEAKENS TOMORROW NIGHT REMAINS OVER THE W ATLC THROUGH MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE 15 KT OR LESS SUNDAY THROUGH THU. RIP CURRENTS...WILL CONTINUE HIGH THREAT ALL BEACHES DUE TO SE SWELL. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR HAZARDOUS SEAS ENTIRE MARINE AREA THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. && SHORT TERM...COLE LONG TERM...COLE AVIATION...SHAFFER MARINE...SHAFFER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 519 AM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005 AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098- 103-104-260930- ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND- S OF CURRITUCK BEACH LIGHT TO OREGON INLET NC OUT 20 NM- S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS NC OUT 20 NM- 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 DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 519 AM EDT SAT JUN 25 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT. LOCALIZED POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT IN AREAS OF PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN. DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING RIP CURRENTS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY. SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 9 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:38 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A waterspout moved onshore from the Atlantic side of Emerald Isle, and moved west for one mile before dissipating. A trained spotter reported shingles and tree limbs down on Lee Avenue. Tree damage was reported near the Emerald Isle Police Department.
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