Scattered thunderstorms moved across eastern North Carolina during the early morning hours of August 11th. These storms were occurring just ahead of a cold front.
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Scattered thunderstorms moved across eastern North Carolina during the early morning hours of August 11th. These storms were occurring just ahead of a cold front.
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 10, 9:25 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1025 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TONIGHT AND GET HUNG UP NEAR THE COAST ON MONDAY...BEFORE PUSHING S OF THE AREA MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NE UP THE COAST ON WEDNESDAY AND THEN PUSH AWAY FROM THE AREA BY THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... SCATTERED STRONG STORMS OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING FRONT. SHORT-TERM MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW ACTIVITY CONTINUING OVERNIGHT SO WILL MAKE NO CHANGE TO POPS. FORECAST IN GOOD SHAPE. NO CHANGES PLANNED.T && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... BAND OF CONVECTION EXPECTED TO BE MOVING OFFSHORE EARLY MON ASSOCIATED WITH NEAR TERM FEATURES. HOWEVER...WITH SFC FRONT MOVING INTO AREA AND ASSOCIATED WEAK GRADIENT IN ADDITION TO H5 TEMPS AROUND -10C...COULD SEE ISO ACTIVITY ON SEA BREEZE AND WHATEVER IS LEFT OF OUR FRONT SO KEPT A 15 POP IN TOMORROW. COVERAGE SHOULD BE MINIMAL THOUGH WITH MUCH DRIER MID LVL AIR ADVECTING INTO AREA...AND WOULD EXPECT MOSTLY NEAR COAST IF ANYTHING. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE MODELS ARE INDICATING ALMOST ZERO CHANCE OF RAIN TOMORROW BUT THAT HAS BEEN PRETTY COMMON RECENTLY WHEN WE STILL RECIEVED AT LEAST ISO ACTIVITY. HIGHS TOMORROW SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY WARMER TOMORROW WITH LESS PRECIP AND WLY FLOW...BUT STILL PLEASANT WITH LOWER THAN NORMAL THICKNESSES IN THE M-U80S. HAVE KEPT NO POP IN FOR MON NITE/EARLY TUE WITH DRY AIR CONTINIUING TO ADVECT INTO REGION WITH RATHER DEEP W TO NW FLOW...AROUND THE STACKED CYCLONE PUSHING NE THRU CAPE COD AND GULF OF MAINE. LOSS OF HEATING SHOULD ALSO HELP NEGATE CONVECTION. TEMPS SHOULD BE PLEASANTLY BELOW NORMAL WITH THIS PATTERN...L60S INLAND TO AROUND 70 OBX. TUE SHOULD ALSO BE FAIRLY QUIET IN POST FRONTAL REGIME BUT WEAK GRADIENT COULD STILL ALLOW ISO ACTIVITY ESP ON SEA BREEZE. TEMPS STAY TOLERABLE ON TUE SIMILAR TO MON. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... STILL EXPECTING SHORT WAVE ACTIVITY TO MOVE THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH AND SE STATES TUE AND WED WHICH WILL ALLOW A SFC LOW TO MOVE UP THE COAST ON WED AND WED NITE. GUIDANCE IS NOW CLOSER TO THE COAST WITH THIS FEATURE COMPARED TO YESTERDAY WHICH WAS MUCH FURTHER OFFSHORE. COULD BE FAIRLY WET ON WED WITH THIS SYSTEM ESP NEAR COAST...WHERE HAVE KEPT 50 POPS. IF MODELS BECOME MORE CONSISTENT WITH THIS OVER NEXT COUPLE OF RUNS...WE MAY NEED TO UP PORTIONS OF THE CWA TO LIKELY. SHOULD BE COOLER ON WED WITH MOST SPOTS NOT EXPECTED TO SURPASS THE M80S DUE TO PRECIP AND CLOUDS. SFC WAVE EXPECTED TO PUSH OFFSHORE WED NITE INTO THU WITH ERN NC WX THUS STABILIZING A BIT...BUT WILL KEEP SOME SMALL POPS IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH UPR TROUGHING PERSISTING OVER THE EC AND GENERALLY WEAK SFC PRES PATTERN. BEST POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS/TSTMS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE AFTN/EVENING WITH HEATING...AND ALSO WHEN DIFFICULT TO TIME SHORT WAVES ROUND BASE OF TROF. THE EC UPR TROUGH MAY BE REPLACED BY A BRIEF RIDGE SOMETIME NEXT WEEKEND...BUT THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE DIFFERENT IN THE TIMING SO GOING WITH MOSTLY CLIMO DIURNAL ACTIVITY THROUGH THE PERIOD. TEMPS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR NORMAL THU-SAT. && .AVIATION /03Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... EXPECT MAINLY VFR OUTSIDE ANY WIDELY SCTD CONVECTION OVERNGT. MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR IN PCPN/LIGHT FOG AS FRONT COMES THRU AROUND SUNRISE. CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO VFR AGAIN AFTER SUNRISE WITH WDLY SCT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY PSBL AGAIN MON AFTN. VFR PREVAILING MON NIGHT-TUE NIGHT WITH WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGE. STRONGER LOW PRES PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS AREA LATE WED AND WED NIGHT WITH WDSPRD CLOUDINESS AND PCPN AND PSBL MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS FOR 6-12 HRS OR MORE. RETURN TO VFR THU THEN ANOTHER WEAK LOW WILL BRING CHC TSTMS FRI. && .MARINE... CURRENTLY S 15-20 KT AND WAVES 2-3 FT AT ALL BUOYS...AND THOSE CONDITIONS TO HOLD THROUGH MOST OF TONIGHT. UPPED WINDS A LITTLE ON THE WATERS TONIGHT AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS AND COLD FRONT APPROACHES. FRONT WILL STALL NEAR COAST MON THEN MOVE ACROSS WATERS MON NIGHT. SCA CONDITIONS PSBL LATE WED AND WED NIGHT WITH LOW PRES MOVING ACROSS AREA. MODELS COMING INTO LINE WITH LOW PRES DEVELOPING TO SW AND MOVING ACROSS AREA LATE WED AND WED NIGHT. STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT ON STRENGTH AND TRACK OF LOW AND KEPT WINDS AND SEAS AT MINIMAL SCA CONDITIONS FOR NOW...MAINLY SRN WATERS. LOW MOVES OUT EARLY THU WITH WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. ANOTHER WEAK LOW MOVES ACROSS THU NIGHT AND FRI BUT WINDS BELOW 20 KTS. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MW NEAR TERM...HSA SHORT TERM...MW LONG TERM...MW AVIATION...JBM/BTC MARINE...JBM/CQD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1241 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-111645- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1241 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER TODAY AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AS A COLD UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT NEAR THE REGION. THE MAIN THREATS APPEAR TO BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 902 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 NCZ044-110145- PITT- 902 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM EDT... AT 902 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES WEST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 37 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR FARMVILLE...AND...FOUNTAIN AT 910 PM EDT...BELL ARTHUR AT 915 PM EDT...BRUCE...AND...FALKLAND AT 920 PM EDT...STATON AT 930 PM EDT...BETHEL AT 940 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BETHEL...GREENVILLE...HOUSE...PACTOLUS AND BELLS FORK. 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. TELEPHONE LINES AND METAL PIPES CONDUCT ELECTRICITY. YOU CAN BE INJURED OR KILLED IF LIGHTNING STRIKES NEARBY. UNPLUG APPLIANCES NOT NECESSARY FOR OBTAINING WEATHER INFORMATION. DO NOT TAKE A BATH OR SHOWER. GET OUT OF INDOOR POOLS. AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE OR ANY ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE DURING A THUNDERSTORM UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. AUSTIN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1143 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 NCZ046-047-103-110445- TYRRELL-EASTERN DARE-WESTERN DARE- 1143 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT... AT 1143 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES WEST OF DUCK TO 23 MILES WEST OF MANNS HARBOR...OR FROM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WEEKSVILLE TO 23 MILES WEST OF MANNS HARBOR...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR DUCK AT 1235 AM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE KILL DEVIL HILLS. 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. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1156 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 NCZ090-098-110445- DUPLIN-ONSLOW- 1156 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW AND DUPLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM EDT... AT 1156 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF WARSAW...OR FROM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WARSAW TO 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 34 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TEACHEY AT 1205 AM EDT...GREENEVERS AT 1210 AM EDT...KORNEGAY AT 1215 AM EDT... CHINQUAPIN AT 1220 AM EDT...POTTERS HILL AT 1225 AM EDT...POTTERS HILL AT 1230 AM EDT.. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1205 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 NCZ029-044-045-080-110500- WASHINGTON-MARTIN-PITT-BEAUFORT- 1205 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT BEAUFORT...PITT...MARTIN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM EDT... AT 1205 AM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM WILLIAMSTON TO 27 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON...OR FROM WILLIAMSTON TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARMVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WASHINGTON AT 1230 AM EDT...RIVER ROAD AT 1235 AM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE PLYMOUTH. 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. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 104 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 NCZ045-046-110600- WASHINGTON-TYRRELL- 104 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT TYRRELL AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EDT... AT 104 AM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PLYMOUTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR RURAL SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 120 AM EDT. RURAL SOUTHERN TYRRELL COUNTY AT 140 AM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE FRYING PAN LANDING...GUM NECK...CENTER OF PHELPS LAKE AND PUNGO LAKE. 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. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 11
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 106 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 NCZ092-098-110600- JONES-ONSLOW- 106 AM EDT MON AUG 11 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW AND JONES COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EDT... AT 106 AM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF HALF MOON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HALF MOON AT 115 AM EDT...DEPPE AT 130 AM EDT...MAYSVILLE AT 135 AM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE PUMPKIN CENTER...RICHLANDS...CATHERINE LAKE...KELLUM AND SILVERDALE. 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. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. 11
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:43 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tree was blown down onto house on Jackson Store Road near Beulaville.
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