2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 23, 2:41 PM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 341 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...LN OF SHWRS ALNG THE CST MVG SLWLY TWRD THE E THIS AFTN. ANTHR LN FRMG FRM ORF THRU WASHINGTON CTY. SAT PIX SHOWG CLDS ALNG THE CST AND CLDS TO OUR W ASSCTD WI SFC FRNT. SKIES BTWN THESE TWO AREAS WERE BASICALLY CLR THIS AM. STARTG TO FILL IN THIS AFTN...AND THATS WHERE THE LINE FRM ORF TO WAHSINGTON CT IS FRMG. SVR THREAT SEEMS LO THIS AFTN AS STGST WND NR THE SFC IS AT 9K FT AT 20 KT...NO SHR IN THE SNDG AND WETBLB ZERO ARND 14K FT. HWVR POTENTIAL FOR DOWNBURST WND OR SMALL HAIL DOES EXIST. RGT REAR OF 3H JET WL SKIM THE NRN NC BRDR THIS EVE...WHICH SHUD HELP THINGS ALNG SUMWHAT. MDLS STIL NOT IN TOO MUCH OF AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF SFC FRNT. IT IS CRRNTLY LCTD IN CNTRL NC...W OF MHX CWA. NAM BRINGS IT THRU A LTL FASTER THAN GFS...DROPS IT FRTHR S AND KPS IT S OF CWA LONGER THAN GFS. NAM IS PICKG UP ON A SFC LO OFF THE GA/SC CST THIS AM. IT IS ABSORBING IT INTO THE LO LVL FLO TNGT AND MON. DONT SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF THIS LO...SO WL GO WI GFS TIMING...WHICH BRINGS FNT THRU LT TNGT/ERLY MON AM...WI DRYG BHND IT. GFS IMMEDIATELY STRTS TO PUSH IT BACK N ON MON WI A WRM FROPA OVR CWA MON AFTN. WL CONT TREND OF DRIER ON MON BHND FRNT...BUT THEN INCRSD POPS MON AFTN AS FRNT COMES BACK THRU. TRAILG FRNT WL CONT TO OUR W INTO MID WK WI CONTG CHCS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...THE CURRENT FRONTAL BOUNDARY FINALLY MOVES ON BY LATE TUESDAY/EARLY WEDNESDAY MAKING WAY FOR HIGH PRESSURE TO BULID BACK IN FOR THE LATTER-HALF OF THE WEEK. WENT WITH DRIER CONDITIONS ON WED/THU WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE SEABREEZE AND OFFSHORE ZONES. KNOCKED TEMPS DOWN ONLY SLIGHTLY ON WED, BUT BROUGHT THEM RIGHT BACK UP FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. AS FOR THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...LOOKS LIKE A VERY SIMILAR PATTERN TO WHAT WE SAW THE PAST FEW DAYS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH AND HANG UP AROUND SAT/SUN TIME FRAME. THE UPPER LVLS DONT LOOK QUITE AS STRONG WITH THIS SYSTEM, BUT SURE MODELS/ATMOS WILL CHANGE SOMEWHAT BETWEEN NOW AND THEN. FOR NOW KEPT POPS UP FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AND WEEKEND AND TEMPS AROUND CLIMO. && .AVIATION...SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WITH INTERMITTENT MVFR CONDITIONS AND OCCASIONAL IFR VSBYS IN HEAVIEST PRECIP. PRECIP WILL COME TO AN END LATE THIS EVENING. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY AT SPEEDS AOB 10 KT OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION THIS AFTERNOON THEN BECOME LIGHT TO VARIABLE THIS EVENING. DESPITE SOME CLOUDS OVERNIGHT...AREAS OF REDUCED VSBYS ARE POSSIBLE GIVEN RECENT RAINS. WILL INCLUDE MVFR VSBYS FOR THE PRE-DAWN HOURS TRANSITIONING TO VFR AFTER SUNRISE. FRONT WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH ON MONDAY WITH A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY WINDS BY LATER AFTERNOON. && .MARINE...LATEST C-MAN STATIONS AND BUOY REPORTS INDICATE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AOB 15 KT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DIAMOND BUOY WHERE WINDS HAVE BEEN IN THE 15 TO 20 KT RANGE. SEAS HAVE DROPPED BELOW SMALL CRAFT OVER THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN WATERS WITH THE CENTRAL WATERS STILL IN THE 4 TO 6 FT RANGE. DIAMOND BUOY HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING BETWEEN 6 AND 7 FT THE PAST FEW HOURS. FOR THE MOST PART WAVEWATCH SEEMS TO HAVE A DECENT HANDLE ON THE SEAS AND IT KEEPS 6 FOOTERS OVER THE CENTRAL WATERS UNTIL 06Z. IVE EXTENDED THE SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR THE CENTRAL WATERS BETWEEN OCRACOKE AND OREGON INLET UNTIL 03Z AND HAVE DROPPED THE SCA ELSEWHERE AS CONDITIONS HAVE DROPPED BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE WATERS OVERNIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTH/NORTHEAST BEHIND THE FRONT. WIND SPEEDS WILL BE RATHER LIGHT THOUGH WITH 15 KT OR LESS EXPECTED. THE FRONT WILL LIFT BACK TO THE NORTH MONDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY OVER THE WATERS BY EARLY TUE. THE REMAINDER OF FORECAST WILL BE INFLUENCED BY THE BERMUDA RIDGE AS IT BUILDS WESTWARD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WITH SEAS AOB 4 FT THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR AMZ152-154 UNTIL 11 PM SUNDAY. ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR AMZ150-156-158 UNTIL 6 PM SUNDAY. && SHORT TERM...GOODALL LONG TERM...GOODALL AVIATION...WINGENROTH MARINE...WINGENROTH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 338 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 AMZ130-135-NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-240745- 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- 338 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN LATE TODAY THEN PUSH TO JUST OFF SHORE BY LATE TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS FRONT THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN THEN MOVE EAST. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...BUT BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME...NO WIDE SPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. AMZ150-152-154-156-158-240745- 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- 338 AM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL RESULT IN CONTINUED GUSTY WINDS THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON LEADING TO CONTINUED SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS AS WINDS APPROACH 25 KNOTS AND SEAS REMAIN IN THE 5 TO 7 FOOT RANGE. THE WINDS AND SEAS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE BY EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THE THUNDERSTORMS BY EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 506 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-091>093-103-232230- TYRRELL-OUTER BANKS DARE-MAINLAND DARE-BEAUFORT-JONES-LENOIR-GREENE-CRAVEN-MAINLAND HYDE-WASHINGTON-MARTIN-PITT- 506 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT HYDE...CRAVEN...BEAUFORT... DARE...TYRRELL...PITT...MARTIN...WASHINGTON...GREENE...LENOIR AND JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM EDT... AT 506 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES WEST OF KILL DEVIL HILLS TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE...OR FROM 17 MILES SOUTH OF WEEKSVILLE TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR AYDEN AT 510 PM EDT...WINTERVILLE AT 555 PM EDT...FARMVILLE AT 600 PM EDT... PLYMOUTH AT 630 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE GREENVILLE...KINSTON...RIVER ROAD...WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 10
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 625 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 NCZ090>094-098-232330- PAMLICO-DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-CRAVEN-ONSLOW- 625 PM EDT SUN JUL 23 2006 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW...CRAVEN...PAMLICO... LENOIR...JONES AND DUPLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... AT 625 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KINSTON TO 7 MILES WEST OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HALF MOON AT 715 PM EDT...NEW BERN AT 720 PM EDT...JACKSONVILLE AT 725 PM EDT...PUMPKIN CENTER AT 730 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE CAMP LEJEUNE CENTRAL...JAMES CITY...NEW RIVER STATION AND PINEY GREEN. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 10
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:50 UTC.
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Weak tornado briefly touched down destroying a chicken house.
Brief tornado over New River.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 2006Warnings in North Carolina, July 2006
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: 5511639, 5511637, 5511638.