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 Jul 1, 8:20 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 920 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 .SHORT TERM /THIS AFTERNOON/...NO MJR CHANGES FOR THIS AFTN. MODIFIED 12Z SOUNDING SHOW GOOD INSTAB ACROSS ERN NC. APPEARS WEAK IMPULSE ALOFT WILL APPROACH FROM THE W THIS AFTN AND THIS IN COMBO WITH SEA BRZ WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ISOLD TO SCT TSRA. GIVEN INSTAB AND DRY AIR ALOFT SOME SEVERE WX (STRONG WINDS/LARGE HAIL) WILL AGAIN BE POSS. CRNT FCST HAS AXIS OF HIGHEST POPS INLAND FROM CST WHERE TYPICALLY SEA BRZ MOST ACTIVE SO WILL NOT CHANGE THIS. SHLD SEE HIGH TEMPS IN LOWER 90S INLAND TO MID 80S BEACHES. && .AVIATION...EXPECTING MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS TODAY. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE SEA BREEZE CONVECTION AS ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE MOVES THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING. GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED IN ANY TSTM THAT DEVELOPS. && .MARINE...SOUTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE MARINE AREA AOB 15 KT....WITH SEAS 3 FT OR LESS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES PLANNED TO CURRENT FCST. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && RF/RAP
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 441 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 AMZ130-135-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-020845- ALBEMARLE SOUND-PAMLICO SOUND-MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL- MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT-MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES- CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 441 AM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS MORNING ALONG THE SEABREEZE MAINLY EAST OF THE HIGHWAY 17 CORRIDOR. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1220 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 NCZ095-011715- CARTERET- 1220 PM EDT SAT JUL 1 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CARTERET COUNTY UNTIL 115 PM EDT... AT 1220 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 8 MILES SOUTH OF CEDAR ISLAND...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE ATLANTIC...SEA LEVEL AND STACY. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. MOST LIGHTNING FATALITIES AND INJURIES OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS OR UNDER TREES. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING OR CAR. DO NOT TAKE SHELTER IN SMALL SHEDS...UNDER ISOLATED TREEES...OR IN CONVERTIBLE AUTOMOBILES. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 5
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:30 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Waterspout moved onshore near the Sea Level Fire Department.
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