Tornado in North Carolina, August 27, 2006

Name: Tornado in North Carolina, August 27, 2006
Start: 2006-08-27T14:29
End: 2006-08-27T14:29
Location: North Carolina

August 27, 2006 · NWS MHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

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, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
204 PM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...CONVECTION OVER LAND WILL
QUICKLY DISSIPATE AFTER SUNSET BUT KEPT ISOLATED MENTION IN THE
COASTAL WATERS SOUTH OF HATTERAS OVERNIGHT. CONVECTION ON MONDAY
LOOKS MORE SEABREEZE DRIVEN WITH THE FLOW MORE SOUTHERLY. WENT WITH
ISOLATED POPS IN ROUGHLY THE SAME AREA AS TODAY. DRY MONDAY NIGHT
EXCEPT FOR TYPICAL COASTAL WATERS NIGHTTIME SHOWERS MAINLY SOUTH OF
CAPE HATTERAS. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE ON TUESDAY AS THE FRONT
DRIFTS DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST. FOR NOW KEPT THE 40% FROM TUESDAY
INTO WEDNESDAY.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...FORECAST FOR THE
LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE TRACK OF ERNESTO.
WENT WITH HPC GUIDANCE WHICH...FOR NOW...HAS THE HIGHEST POPS
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...ISOLD SHRA CONT OVER SRN TIER THIS AFTN. COULD SEE SOME
BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS IF THESE SHOWERS MOVE OVER A TERMINAL BUT
EXPECT MAINLY VFR THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. OVERNIGHT THE NAM
REALLY HITS THE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS HARD...FOR NOW FCST MVFR CIGS
AND VSBYS AFTER 06Z...LATER SHIFTS CAN LOWER TO IFR IF NAM TRENDS
ARE CORRECT.

&&

.MARINE...HIGH PRES OFFSHORE WILL CONT INTO MON WITH E/SE WINDS
BECOMING S/SW. SPEEDS MAINLY IN THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE AND SEAS 2 TO
4 FT. GRDNT TIGHTENS A BIT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT LATER MON NIGHT
AND ESPCLY TUE. SPEED WILL REACH NEAR 20 KTS CENTRAL WTRS WITH SEAS
APPROACHING SCA LVLS OFF HAT. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY CROSS WED
AND STALL JUST TO THE S THU. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NE MAINLY BELOW
15 KTS. BY FRI LATEST TRACK FROM NHC BRINGS ERNESTO TO JUST OFF THE
SE COAST WELL TO THE S OF ERN NC. WITH HIGH TO OUR N THIS WILL
PRODUCE DECENT GRDNT WITH NE WINDS INCREASING TO SCA LVLS AND
BUILDING SEAS. CERTAINLY LOTS COULD CHANGE WITH THE TRACK OF
ERNESTO...ALL MARINE INTERESTS SHOULD CLOSELY FOLLOW THE LATEST
INFORMATION FROM THE NHC.

&&

.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
&&

HSA/RF

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 2:18 AM EST, 12 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
318 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-280730-
MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-
MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
318 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

11
AMZ130-135-150-152-154-156-158-280730-
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-
318 AM EDT SUN AUG 27 2006

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:30 UTC.

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Event by event

1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Carteret

When: August 27, 2:29 PM EST
Where: Carteret County, Stacy
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 25 yd
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 34.850, -76.417

Damage to crab shack roof.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history The tornado archive for North Carolina, 2006 Warnings in North Carolina, August 2006

Sources

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: 5525813.