Remnant low pressure associated with Tropical Depression Fay passed west of the region during the afternoon and evening of August 27th. Deep tropical moisture led to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms across eastern North Carolina.
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The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Remnant low pressure associated with Tropical Depression Fay passed west of the region during the afternoon and evening of August 27th. Deep tropical moisture led to numerous showers and isolated thunderstorms across eastern North Carolina. One of the thunderstorms produced some wind damage in Duplin County during the evening hours.
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, 4:03 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 503 PM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A FRONT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE WILL MOVE SLOWLY BACK NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AS THE REMNANTS OF FAY PASS BY TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. A LINGERING AREA OF WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND PRODUCE SCATTERED AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE FROM THE NORTH WILL BUILD OVER THE STATE ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STEAM INTO THE REGION AS THE REMNANTS OF FAY LIFT W OF THE APPALACHIANS. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS ARE LIFTING NORTH OF HIGHWAY 70 AND E OF HIGHWAY 17 LATE THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS STRETCHING FROM RALEIGH SOUTH TO MYRTLE BEACH IS LIFTING NNE AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO REGION THIS EVENING AND WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON THE MAJORITY OF THE TORNADIC ACTIVITY HAS REMAINED W OF THE REGION ALONG A WARM FRONT AND CLOSER TO THE LOW CENTER. SUPPORT FOR STRONG UPDRAFTS WILL CONTINUE TO WANE AS INSTABILITY DECREASES AND SHEAR WEAKENS AND THREAT FOR TORNADOES WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE AS WELL AND HAVE CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE REGION. THE WARM FRONT WILL BEGIN TO LIFT N ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND CONVERGENCE ALONG THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ACROSS EASTERN NC AND WILL MAINTAIN LIKELY POPS NE PORTION AND CHANCE SW. ABUNDANT CLOUD COVER WILL ONCE AGAIN LIMIT RADIATIONAL COOLING KEEPING LOWS IN THE L/M70S. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... THE WARM FRONT LIFTS N OF THE REGION THU WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRES REMAINS ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN THROUGH FRI. DEEP MOISTURE WILL LIFT NE OF THE REGION THU BUT THE TROUGH ALONG WITH WEAK DIVERGENCE ALOFT AND AN UPPER TROUGH SLOWLY SLIDING EWD ACROSS THE REGION WILL SUPPORT A CHANCE OF SHOWERS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK HEATING TIMES. MORE SUNSHINE WILL BRING WARMER TEMPS WITH HIGHS IN THE M/U 80S WHILE HIGH DEWPOINTS WILL KEEP MIN TEMPS IN THE U60S TO L70S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... A MORE SUBSTANTIAL FRONT WILL FORM OVER THE MID ATLANTIC SATURDAY AND IS PROGGED TO PUSH S ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH DRIER CONDITIONS MOVING INTO THE REGION LATE SUNDAY AS THE FRONT PUSHES S OF THE REGION. AN AMPLIFIED PATTERN WILL DEVELOP EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A RIDGE TO THE W OF THE REGION AND A TROUGH OFF THE EAST COAST WHICH WILL DEVELOP A BLOCKING PATTERN KEEPING DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR CLIMO THROUGH THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION /20Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... MIX OF VFR AND MVFR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH SCT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. WITH MOIST CONDITIONS AND SE WINDS...EXPECT IFR CIGS TO DEVELOP AGAIN AT MOST TAF SITES. CONDITIONS IMPROVING TO MVFR AND VFR ON THU WITH SCT CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY AGAIN. MIX OF IFR/MVFR LIKELY AGAIN THU NIGHT WITH STRATUS AND FOG. VFR PREVAILING MOST OF REST OF PERIOD. BEST CHC OF CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL BE ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT LATE SAT AND SAT NIGHT. HIGH PRES DRYS THINGS OUR SUN AND MON. && .MARINE... OBS INDICATE WINDS HAVE VEERED TO SE UP TO OUTER BANKS S OF OREGON INLET THIS AFTN WITH WEAK BOUNDARY TRYING TO MOVE N. GFS NOW APPEARS TO HAVE BEST HANDLE ON SITUATION...SUPPORTED BY SREF AND ECMWF...AND FOLLOWED IT THROUGH FCST PERIOD. INVERTED SFC TROFFING WILL DEVELOP SW TO NE OVER ERN NC TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRI...ALLOWING BOUNDARY TO LIFT N OVER AREA...AND WINDS VEERING TO SE TO S ALL WATERS BY LATE FRI. TIGHEST PRES GRAD AND STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE OVER NRN WATERS THU AND THU NIGHT BUT SPEEDS STILL AROUND 15 KTS AND SEAS UP TO 5 FT. BOUNDARY WILL WEAKEN AND WINDS DIMINISH FRI NIGHT AND SAT AS FRONT APPROACHES FROM NW. FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SAT NIGHT AND EARLY SUN. MAIN CAA NE SURGE WILL BE LATE SUN NIGHT AND EARLY MON BUT LIMITED TO AROUND 15 KTS. WW3 FOLLOWED FOR SEAS BUT CAPPED NRN WATERS AT 5 FT LATE THU AND THU NIGHT. .RIP CURRENTS... SE SWELL AROUND 11 SECONDS COMBINED WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE ONSHORE FLOW AND A HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDE CYCLE WILL BRING A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG ALL BEACHES AGAIN ON THU. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SK NEAR TERM...SK SHORT TERM...SK LONG TERM...SK AVIATION...JBM MARINE...JBM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 529 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-280930- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 529 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY PASS TO THE WEST AND PUSH A FRONT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO NORTH CAROLINA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS RAIN WILL PRODUCE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...THERE IS A THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 17. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY. NCZ095-098-103-104-280930- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 529 AM EDT WED AUG 27 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM FAY PASS TO THE WEST AND PUSH A FRONT WITH TROPICAL MOISTURE INTO NORTH CAROLINA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS RAIN WILL PRODUCE SOME URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAIN...THERE IS A THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TODAY...ESPECIALLY OVER AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 17. THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Report of some trees and power lines down in the Rose Hill area.
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