A slow moving cold front combined with an upper level disturbance led to scattered thunderstorms during the evening of August 29th. A couple of the storms became severe with large hail and damaging winds.
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A slow moving cold front combined with an upper level disturbance led to scattered thunderstorms during the evening of August 29th. A couple of the storms became severe with large hail and damaging winds.
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 29, 5:05 PM EST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 605 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011 .SYNOPSIS... A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY DRIFT OFFSHORE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD NORTH OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE WEEK AS LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS WELL OFFSHORE. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... AS OF 315 PM MONDAY...ISOLATED SHOWERS HAVE FORMED OVER DOWNEAST CARTERET COUNTY AND IN MAINLAND DARE COUNTY...BUT THUS FAR THE BULK OF THE STRONGER CONVECTION IS UP OVER SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. WITH A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...COULD SEE SOME LOCALLY STRONG STORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL OF GUSTY WINDS AND WET MICROBURSTS. THE NAM12 AND HRRR SHOWS THE CONVECTION DROPPING SOUTH FROM VIRGINIA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. WILL HAVE HIGH CHANCE POPS OVER THE NORTHERN COUNTIES TAPERING TO SLIGHT CHANCE SOUTH. MIN TEMPS TONIGHT SHOULD RANGE FROM 66 TO 73 DEGREES. ONCE AGAIN EXPECT SOME PATCHES OF FOG LATE. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM TUESDAY/... AS OF 325 PM MONDAY...SEVERAL OF THE SHORT-RANGE MODELS SHOW PRECIP LINGERING AT LEAST THRU THE FIRST HALF OF TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND EAST SECTIONS AND HAVE TRENDED THAT WAY. BY AFTERNOON...SLIGHTLY COOLER AND DRIER AIR ADVECTS IN WITH DEWPOINTS DOWN INTO THE 60S IN MANY AREAS. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS OF 230 PM MON...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA WILL EXTEND DOWN THE EAST COAST INTO THE CAROLINAS KEEPING THE WEATHER DRY THROUGH THE WEEKEND IN A PERSISTENT NORTHEAST FLOW. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE WITH THE APPROACH OF THE NEXT COLD FRONT ON MONDAY. && .AVIATION /22Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... /SHORT TERM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY/... AS OF 330 PM MONDAY...WILL CARRY CB FOR SCATTERED TSTMS THRU THE EVENING HOURS. GUIDANCE STILL HINTING AT ANOTHER ROUND OF FOG LATE TONIGHT. EXPECT MVFR AND OCCASIONAL IFR AFTER 08Z...WITH LIFR POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING. /LONG TERM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 230 PM MON...VFR WITH SURFACE WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .MARINE... /SHORT TERM TONIGHT AND TUESDAY/... AS OF 600 PM MONDAY...BASED ON CURRENT OBSERVATIONS...BEEFED UP WIND A BIT ON THE ALBEMARLE SOUND AND NORTHERN WATERS. NO OTHER CHANGES TO MARINE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. /LONG TERM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 230 PM MON...NORTHEAST FLOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST CANADA MIDWEEK WILL MOVE EAST OFF THE COAST THIS WEEKEND. WINDS/SEAS WILL REMAIN BELOW SMALL CRAFT LEVELS. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CTC NEAR TERM...CTC SHORT TERM...CTC LONG TERM...HSA AVIATION...CTC/HSA MARINE...CTC/HSA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 412 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-302015- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 412 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 816 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-104-302015- CARTERET-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 412 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ098-103-302015- ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE- 412 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 816 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A FEW OF THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
416 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
NCZ046-047-081-292100-
MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE-TYRRELL-
416 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MAINLAND DARE...MAINLAND
HYDE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM EDT...
AT 416 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
KILKENNY...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF ENGELHARD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GUM NECK.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3564 7586 3554 7627 3571 7635 3578 7612
3578 7610 3579 7610 3581 7605 3573 7604
3571 7605 3569 7603 3565 7603 3568 7601
3577 7599 3582 7600 3583 7596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 246DEG 9KT 3567 7620
27SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
558 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
NCZ029-292245-
MARTIN-
558 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS MARTIN COUNTY THROUGH 645
PM EDT...
AT 558 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
EVERETTS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLIAMSTON...MOVING EAST AT
10 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WILLIAMSTON.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3593 7719 3594 7715 3593 7709 3595 7704
3592 7702 3586 7703 3587 7700 3591 7693
3589 7691 3586 7689 3584 7690 3578 7720
3595 7727 3598 7719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 248DEG 9KT 3590 7714
27SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
638 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
NCZ029-080-292330-
BEAUFORT-MARTIN-
638 PM EDT MON AUG 29 2011
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS BEAUFORT AND MARTIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 730 PM EDT...
AT 638 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
BUNYAN...OR ABOUT OVER WASHINGTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SLATESTONE...WALLA
WATTA...PINETOWN...TERRA CEIA.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARLY BUILDING OR VEHICLE. STRONG WINDS ARE
CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES AND BLOWING AROUND TRASH CANS...
POTTED PLANTS...LAWN FURNITURE AND OTHER LIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3572 7685 3570 7684 3570 7663 3567 7660
3565 7661 3561 7658 3556 7656 3548 7699
3551 7701 3548 7701 3547 7705 3564 7712
3576 7682
TIME...MOT...LOC 2238Z 251DEG 11KT 3559 7698
11The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:06 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm wind gust caused damage to a house in the Sharp Point Community northwest of Falkland.
Golf ball size hail reported near Highway 43 and Highway 264 near Greenville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, August 2011
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: 342281, 342280.