Low pressure lifted northeast across central North Carolina during the evening of November 26th. Very strong southerly winds east of the low led to warm and slightly unstable conditions over eastern North Carolina.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Low pressure lifted northeast across central North Carolina during the evening of November 26th. Very strong southerly winds east of the low led to warm and slightly unstable conditions over eastern North Carolina. Bands of heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms lifted rapidly northeast across the region from late afternoon through the overnight hours. Isolated severed weather developed with some of the showers and storms including one tornado that impacted Carteret county.
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 Nov 26, 8:19 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 954 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 NCZ029-044>046-079-080-090>094-280300- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-GREENE-BEAUFORT-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES- CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 954 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...TORNADO WATCH 578 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. TORNADO WATCH. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...HAZARDS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TONIGHT AS THE LOW PASSES JUST WEST OF THE AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE A LINGERING THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 17. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ047-081-280300- MAINLAND DARE-MAINLAND HYDE- 954 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 578 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. TORNADO WATCH. WIND ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. HAZARDS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE PAMLICO SOUND. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TONIGHT. .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. WIND ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE A LINGERING THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ103-280300- OUTER BANKS DARE- 954 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST WEDNESDAY NIGHT... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 578 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. TORNADO WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. WIND ADVISORY. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. HAZARDS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS HIGH SURF ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT AND MINOR COASTAL FLOODING ADJACENT TO THE PAMLICO SOUND. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TONIGHT. .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. WIND ADVISORY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE A LINGERING THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ104-280300- OUTER BANKS HYDE- 954 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 578 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. TORNADO WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY. WIND ADVISORY. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. HAZARDS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS HIGH SURF ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TONIGHT. .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. WIND ADVISORY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE A LINGERING THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-280300- CARTERET- 954 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 578 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. TORNADO WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. WIND ADVISORY. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA BEGINNING TONIGHT. HAZARDS INCLUDE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS HIGH SURF ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TONIGHT. .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. WIND ADVISORY. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE A LINGERING THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ098-280300- ONSLOW- 954 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013 ...HIGH SURF ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST WEDNESDAY... ...TORNADO WATCH 578 IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST WEDNESDAY... 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. TORNADO WATCH. HIGH SURF ADVISORY. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING NORTH ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TONIGHT. HAZARDS INCLUDE GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN AS WELL AS HIGH SURF ALONG THE OCEAN FRONT. A FEW STRONGER STORMS WILL ALSO HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO TONIGHT. .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. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LIFT NORTH AWAY FROM THE AREA WEDNESDAY BUT THERE WILL BE A LINGERING THREAT FOR ISOLATED STORMS TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS OR AN ISOLATED TORNADO WEDNESDAY MORNING...MAINLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 17. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
841 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
NCZ092-093-095-098-270245-
CARTERET-CRAVEN-JONES-ONSLOW-
841 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
...HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW...CARTERET...CRAVEN AND
JONES COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EST...
AT 840 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY
SHOWERS WITH THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS LOCATED OVER FOLKSTONE...OR ABOUT
7 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE SHOWERS INCLUDE...VERONA...CAMP
LEJEUNE MAIN GATE...MIDWAY PARK...PINEY GREEN...DEPPE...MAYSVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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 3448 7758 3466 7766 3518 7712 3506 7694
3505 7696 3507 7700 3500 7696 3495 7688
3493 7675 3487 7666 3444 7751
TIME...MOT...LOC 0140Z 218DEG 44KT 3460 7750
8SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
933 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
NCZ092-093-095-098-270330-
CARTERET-CRAVEN-JONES-ONSLOW-
933 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
...A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS
ONSLOW...CARTERET...CRAVEN AND JONES COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM EST...
AT 932 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS 7 MILES
SOUTH OF ONSLOW BEACH...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF NORTH TOPSAIL
BEACH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ONSLOW BEACH...DUCK
CREEK...HAMMOCKS BEACH STATE PARK...HAMMOCKS BEACH...CEDAR POINT...
BOGUE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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 3466 7766 3518 7712 3506 7694 3505 7696
3507 7700 3501 7697 3498 7693 3492 7677
3494 7675 3480 7654 3469 7671 3468 7692
3464 7711 3446 7747
TIME...MOT...LOC 0232Z 220DEG 40KT 3447 7732
8SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
937 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
NCZ090>093-098-270330-
CRAVEN-DUPLIN-JONES-LENOIR-ONSLOW-
937 PM EST TUE NOV 26 2013
...AN AREA OF HEAVY SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS
ONSLOW...CRAVEN...DUPLIN...JONES AND LENOIR COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM
EST...
AT 936 PM EST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY SHOWERS OVER
WALLACE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THESE SHOWERS
INCLUDE...CHINQUAPIN...LYMAN...BEULAVILLE...POTTERS HILL...TAYLORS
CORNER...PLEASANT HILL.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY 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 3476 7813 3533 7751 3518 7712 3466 7766
3472 7768 3471 7799 3473 7801 3472 7807
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 222DEG 44KT 3476 7794
8The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:53 UTC.
2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew down several large trees along Bear Creek Road south of Hubert. One of the trees crushed a small shed.
A waterspout moved ashore on Bogue banks and produced a 200 yard wide EF2 tornado with winds estimated at 125 mph. The tornado did significant damage at the Ocean Sands condominiums ripping the roof off several units. Two people suffered minor injuries and were treated and released from the local hospital. The tornado then tracked rapidly across Bogue Banks causing EF1 damage with numerous trees snapped with minor to moderate damage to several structures. The tornado then apparently moved back over water on Bogue Sound. Total damage on Bogue Banks was estimated at 2.5 million dollars.
A waterspout moved ashore off Bogue Sound and produced a 200 yard wide EF1 tornado that tracked rapidly northeast across parts of Morehead City. The tornado first impacted the Carteret Community College with moderate structural damage to several buildings and numerous trees damaged. The tornado then lifted northeast producing minor damage to the Carteret General Hospital with several vehicles in the parking lot damaged. The tornado continued to track rapidly northeast across residential areas snapping or uprooting numerous trees, many that fell on homes producing minor to moderate damage. The tornado caused damage at Crab Point north of Morehead City before apparently moving over the Newport River and dissipating. There were no injuries reported from this tornado and damage was estimated at 4 million dollars.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for North Carolina, 2013Warnings in North Carolina, November 2013
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 480015, 480007, 480008.