Persistent strong north winds and high astronomical tides produced some ocean over wash over the northern Outer Banks on April 8 2008.
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The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Persistent strong north winds and high astronomical tides produced some ocean over wash over the northern Outer Banks on April 8 2008.
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 Apr 8, 3:31 PM EST, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
431 PM EDT TUE APR 8 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT AND BEGIN
TO WEAKEN AND SHIFT OFFSHORE WED. A WARM UP WILL OCCUR THU AND FRI
WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA. A COLD FRONT
WILL APPROACH FROM THE WEST SAT AND MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SAT NIGHT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA SUN AND MON.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
SFC HIGH PRES REMAINS FIRMLY WEDGED ACROSS THE CAROLINAS WITH SFC
LOW PRES ABOUT 250 MI E OF CAPE HATTERAS. THE SFC LOW WILL SLOWLY
DRIFT S THEN SE TONIGHT EVENTUALLY PULLING A SFC TROUGH INTO ERN
PORTIONS OF THE CWA LATE. MODELS INDICATE LIGHT QPF ACROSS THE ERN
HALF OF THE CWA BUT MODEL SOUNDINGS CONTINUE TO INDICATE VERY DRY
AIR ABOVE THE SFC INVERSION AND DONT EXPECT MORE THAN PERIODS OF
LIGHT TO MODERATE DRIZZLE. WITH NE FLOW CONTINUING BELOW A
STRENGTHENING UPPER RIDGE EXPECT ST/STCU TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. LOWS
WILL BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE PAST COUPLE NIGHTS...IN THE MID 40S TO
50.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
ANOTHER COOL AND CLOUDY START TO THE DAY WED BUT WITH THE HIGH
WEAKENING AND FLOW SHIFTING TO E-SE THROUGH THE DAY EXPECT MORE
BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS BY AFTERNOON. BELIEVE THE GFS IS A LITTLE TOO
FAST IN ERODING THE CLOUDS BUT THE NAM TOO SLOW...HOLDING LOW
CLOUDS IN THE REGION FOR MOST OF THE DAY. GENERALLY FOLLOWED A
BLEND OF THE TWO EXPECTING A BIT MORE SUN THAN TODAY AND ALLOWING
A FEW DEGREES OF WARMING WITH HIGHS AROUND 60 OBX AND APPROACHING
70 SWRN SECTIONS. TEMPS MODERATE SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE REST OF
THE SHORT TERM AS HIGH PRES SHIFTS TO E OF CAPE HATTERAS BRINGING
INCREASED SLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. AND UPPER RIDGE WILL ALSO
CONTINUE ALOFT KEEPING DRY CONDITIONS TO ERN NC. TEMPS EXPECTED TO
BE ABOVE NORMAL WITH WED NIGHT MINS IN THE LOW/MID 50S...THU HIGHS
IN THE MID/UPR 70S THU...EXCEPT AROUND 70 OBX...AND MINS THU NIGHT
IN THE MID/UPR 50S.
&&
.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MID/UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENING AND SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL HELP TO AID
THE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS FRI/SAT...HIGHS FLIRTING WITH LOW 80S
INLAND...AND 70 ALONG THE OBX. COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE
WEST EARLY SAT. HAVE CHANCE OF SHOWER/TSTORMS OVERNIGHT FRI INTO SAT
NIGHT. BEST CHANCE LOOKS LIKE SAT AFTERNOON/SAT NIGHT. FRONT WILL
PUSH OFFSHORE EARLY SUNDAY. TEMPS COOL A FEW DEGREES BEHIND THE
FRONT...CLOSER TO CLIMO.
&&
.AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
PERSISTENT LOW CLOUDINESS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT INTO
WED. CIGS LIFTED TO BETWEEN 2K AND 3K FT THIS AFTN WITH
HEATING...BUT EXPECTED TO LOWER TO IFR AGAIN THIS EVENING AS MOIST
N-NE FLOW CONTINUES AND LOW LVL INVERSION STRENGTHENS. EXPECT REPEAT
ON WED...IFR CIGS LIFTING TO MVFR WITH HEATING...AND COULD SEE MORE
BREAKS WITH DIMINISHING WINDS.
CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO BECOME MOSTLY VFR THU AS WINDS BECOME MORE
SRLY...CONTINUING INTO FRI AND SAT. MVFR AND LCL IFR CONDITIONS PSBL
WITH PCPN WITH FRONT SAT NIGHT. CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR EARLY
SUNDAY.
&&
.MARINE...
NAM AND GFS IN DECENT AGREEMENT THROUGH END OF WEEK. WINDS
EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH TONIGHT AND WED AS LOW OFFSHORE
MOVES E. SOME INDICATIONS OF WEAK COASTAL TROF IMPACTING AREA WED
WHICH WILL KEEPS WINDS N-NE OVER AREA WHILE OFFSHORE WINDS BECOME
MORE E. SFC RIDGE FINALLY MOVES E THU WITH WINDS BECOMING SRLY ALL
AREAS BY LATE IN DAY. WINDS INCREASE AGAIN FRI NIGHT AND SAT AHEAD
OF COLD FRONT. USED BLEND OF GFS AND HPC GDNC...WITH WINDS MAINLY
AROUND 20 KT. FRONT MOVES OFF COAST EARLY SUN...BUT SOME
INDICATIONS OF SECONDARY FRONT MOVING THROUGH SUN NIGHT.
CURRENT SEAS FCST AGREED WELL WITH LATEST WW3 GDNC THROUGH THU.
HIGHER EASTERLY SWELL PERSISTS INTO WED...THEN GRADUALLY LOWERS
BELOW 6 FT BY THU EVENING. NOW LOOKS LIKE SEAS WILL BE BELOW 6 FT
ALL ZONES FRI AND FRI NIGHT...BEFORE INCREASING SAT WITH STRONGER
PRE-FRONTAL WINDS...AND ENDED SCA THU AND THU NIGHT ACCORDINGLY.
RE-ISSUED MWS FOR PROBLEMS WITH INLETS AT LOW TIDES WITH EASTERLY
SWELL.
&&
.TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
CONTINUED PREVIUOS FCST THOUGHTS ON HIGH SURF ADVISORY AND COASTAL
FLOOD ADVISORY FOR OUTER BANKS UNTIL EARLY WED MORNING. MAIN THREAT
WILL BE AROUND HIGH TIDE TONIGHT WHEN ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL 1 TO
1.5 FT ABOVE NORMAL.
&&
.MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NC...HIGH SURF ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ103.
COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR NCZ103.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR AMZ130-
135.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR AMZ152-154.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR AMZ156-158.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR AMZ150.
&&
SYNOPSIS...SK
NEAR TERM...SK
SHORT TERM...SK
LONG TERM...CLQ
AVIATION...JBM
MARINE...JBM
TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...JBMHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 505 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2008 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-104-090915- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- OUTER BANKS HYDE- 505 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MAIN STEM RIVERS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WILL APPROACH FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO CREST JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON THURSDAY WITH WATER LEVELS FALLING FRI AND SAT. PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR THE LATEST RIVER STAGE AND FORECAST INFORMATION. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ103-090915- OUTER BANKS DARE- 505 AM EDT TUE APR 8 2008 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
1 high surf. Local standard time, as filed.
Ocean over wash has flooded Highway 12 near Rodanthe. Tide was two to three feet above normal with one foot of water on the road.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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