Numerous showers and a few thunderstorms moved across eastern North Carolina during the morning and afternoon of July 10th as an upper level disturbance approached from the west. One storm became severe producing damaging winds across Lenoir County.
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The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Numerous showers and a few thunderstorms moved across eastern North Carolina during the morning and afternoon of July 10th as an upper level disturbance approached from the west. One storm became severe producing damaging winds across Lenoir 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 Jul 10, 6:37 AM EST, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 737 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 .SYNOPSIS... AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL STALL OVER THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THE STALLED FRONT WILL WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE OVER THE WEEKEND. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE AREA MID WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... AS OF 700 AM THURS...MADE MINOR TWEAKS TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ALONG A WEAK SHORTWAVE OVER THE WESTERNMOST COUNTRIES THIS MORNING. EXPECT MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO OCCUR AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES CLOSER TO THE AREA AND BRINGING AN INCREASE LEVEL OF UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WHILE PWAT INCREASE ABOVE 2.0". THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES TO BE UNSTABLE...THEREFORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE AREA...PARTICULARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS...BUT NOT EXPECTING SEVERE AS WELL HEAVY RAIN. BUKFIT MBE FORECAST CONTINUES TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SLOW MOVING CELLS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCAL FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. WITH AN INCREASE OF CLOUDS AND LOWER THICKNESS COMPARED TO YESTERDAY EXPECT TEMPS TO BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER. HIGHS IN THE IN THE UPPER 80S INLAND TO MID 80S ALONG THE COAST. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 AM FRIDAY/... AS OF 330 PM THURS...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE CLOSER TO EASTERN NC AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AXIS MOVES OVER THE APPALACHIAN. THIS CAN LEAD TO SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE BE STRONG AND PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. EXPECTED LOWS IN THE LOW 70S INLAND AND MID 70S ALONG THE COAST. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... BROAD UPPER LEVEL TROF WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE EASTERN STATES BUT NOT BEFORE BRINGING UNSETTLED WEATHER OVER THE FORECAST AREA INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. FRIDAY SHUD BE PARTICULARLY WET AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY IN THE CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH WEAK SFC BNDRY AND DIURNAL HEATING WILL PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LIMITED BY INSUFFICIENT INSTABILITY AND WEAK SHEAR BUT A FEW HIGHER WIND GUSTS VIA WET MICROBURSTS POSSIBLE. CLOUDS AND PRECIP WILL HOLD HIGHS ON FRIDAY IN THE MID 80S. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LINGER INTO FRIDAY EVENING ESPECIALLY ALONG THE COAST BUT MID LEVEL DRYING WILL GRADUALLY MOVE INTO THE AREA AND REDUCE PRECIP CHANCES INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEKEND. DIFFICULT TO COMPLETELY RULE OUT PRECIP ON SATURDAY GIVEN WEAK UPPER TROF AND DIFFUSE SFC BNDRY BUT MANY SPOTS ESP OVER INLAND AREAS WINDS WILL REMAIN DRY. HIGHS SATURDAY WILL BE DEPEND ON AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE AS LOW LEVEL THICKNESS BEGIN TO RECOVER BUT EXPECT LOTS OF DIURNAL CLOUDINESS GIVEN THE STILL MOIST BNDRY LAYER SO WILL HOLD HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S INLAND AND MID 80S COAST. UPPER RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE AREA AS WEAK TROF PUSHES OFFSHORE SO EXPECT MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. DOWNSTREAM SHORT WAVE ENERGY AND AN ACTIVE SEA BREEZE BNDRY MAY AGAIN SPARK SCATTERED CONVECTION SUNDAY AFTERNOON SO WILL INCLUDE LOW CHC POP. THE UPPER RIDGE GRADUALLY SUPPRESSES SOUTH AS DEEP UPPER LOW MOVES THRU GREAT LAKES REGION AND ZONAL FLOW PUSHES SOUTH FROM THE MID ATLC STATES EARLY NEXT WEEK. PERTURBATIONS IN THE FLOW ALONG WITH SFC HEATING WILL BRING TYPICAL DIURNAL PRECIP CYCLE MON-TUE. HIGHS WILL RETURN TO NEAR SUMMERTIME MEANS WITH LOW 90S INLAND AND UPPER 80S COAST EARLY NEXT WEEK. DEEP UPPER TROF MOVES INTO THE EASTERN STATES WHILE POLAR VORTEX SHIFTS NE INTO EASTERN CANADA BRINGING GOOD PRECIP CHANCES DURING THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /12Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY/ AS OF 700 AM THURS...MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED TODAY AS THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA AND PROVIDES BETTER DYNAMICS FOR CONVECTION. BRIEF MVFR CONDITIONS CAN AS STORMS CAN BRING HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. MODELS ARE NOW INDICATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. AT THIS TIME WILL LEAVE IT OUT OF TAFS UNTIL THE NEXT ISSUANCE'S. LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... INTERVALS OF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AS UPPER TROUGH AND SURFACE FRONT PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY. FLYING CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE OVER THE WEEKEND AS UPPER TROF WEAKENS AND MOVES EAST ALLOWING UPPER RIDGE TO BUILD INTO THE AREA. A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND BUT CONDITIONS SHUD MAINLY BE VFR OUTSIDE ANY CONVECTION. MOIST BNDRY LAYER MAY BRING FOG/STRATUS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY OTHERWISE VFR MONDAY OUTSIDE ANY SEABREEZE ACTIVITY DURING THE AFTERNOON. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY/... AS OF 730 AM THURS...LATEST SURFACE AND BUOY DATA INDICATE SW WINDS 10-16 KT WITH SEAS 3-5 FT. BERMUDA HIGH WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE COASTAL WATERS TODAY AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE WATERS. EXPECT SW WINDS 10-15 KT AND SEAS AROUND 2-4 FT WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME GUSTY WINDS. LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... LIGHT SSW FLOW WILL DOMINATE INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND WITH A SFC FRONT REMAINING TO THE WEST FRIDAY THEN GRADUALLY DISSIPATING OVER THE AREA ON SATURDAY. SW WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RAMP UP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OFFSHORE WITH THERMAL TROF DEVELOPING INLAND. WINDS/SEAS MAY APPROACH SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY LEVELS ON MONDAY. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...BM NEAR TERM...BM SHORT TERM...BM LONG TERM...BTC AVIATION...BTC/BM MARINE...BTC/BM
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 429 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>094-110830- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO- 429 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AND ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NCZ095-098-103-104-110830- CARTERET-ONSLOW-OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 429 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014 ...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO STALL ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AND ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND THIS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS. MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
604 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
NCZ044-079-091-101100-
GREENE-LENOIR-PITT-
604 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS LENOIR...PITT AND
GREENE COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM EDT...
AT 603 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER FALLING
CREEK...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...DAWSON...HOOKERTON...
ORMONDSVILLE...GRIFTON...ROUNDTREE...AYDEN.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3567 7753 3563 7731 3545 7727 3534 7740
3533 7743 3530 7745 3507 7772 3537 7781
3540 7781 3542 7783
TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 237DEG 19KT 3531 7767
29SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
733 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
NCZ080-093-101230-
BEAUFORT-CRAVEN-
733 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
...A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS BEAUFORT AND
CRAVEN COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM EDT...
AT 732 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER
VANCEBORO...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM
INCLUDE...ERNUL...WILMAR...BLOUNTS CREEK...COX CROSSROADS...CORE
POINT...RIVER ROAD.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
GUSTY WINDS OF 30 MPH.
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3542 7676 3544 7682 3545 7691 3548 7699
3545 7697 3546 7692 3542 7688 3543 7684
3540 7680 3536 7670 3513 7727 3522 7741
3535 7728 3536 7724 3538 7724 3540 7720
3562 7698
TIME...MOT...LOC 1132Z 234DEG 20KT 3527 7717
29SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1008 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
NCZ092-098-101515-
JONES-ONSLOW-
1008 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ONSLOW AND JONES COUNTIES
THROUGH 1115 AM EDT...
AT 1008 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
PUMPKIN CENTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE DEPPE...MAYSVILLE...
POLLOCKSVILLE.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3470 7738 3471 7741 3480 7752 3510 7722
3508 7719 3506 7718 3506 7715 3508 7713
3508 7711 3503 7711 3503 7710 3484 7711
3467 7736
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 225DEG 13KT 3480 7736
11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1048 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
NCZ092>094-101545-
CRAVEN-JONES-PAMLICO-
1048 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PAMLICO...CRAVEN AND JONES
COUNTIES THROUGH 1145 AM EDT...
AT 1048 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
JAMES CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...FAIRFIELD
HARBOR......BRIDGETON...OLYMPIA...REELSBORO...GRANTSBORO...SILVER
HILL...ALLIANCE...BAYBORO.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING OR HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE AT RISK. TAKE SHELTER
INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU CANNOT FIND SHELTER IN A BUILDING A
VEHICLE PROVIDES SAFETY FROM LIGHTNING.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3492 7696 3504 7713 3528 7693 3522 7685
3523 7663 3528 7661 3532 7662 3527 7654
3499 7688 3507 7700 3501 7697 3497 7691
TIME...MOT...LOC 1448Z 220DEG 16KT 3505 7698
11SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1124 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
NCZ091-101630-
LENOIR-
1124 AM EDT THU JUL 10 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS LENOIR COUNTY THROUGH 1230
PM EDT...
AT 1124 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
MOSS HILL...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WOODINGTON...FALLING
CREEK...KINSTON...DAWSON...GRAINGERS.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.
HAZARDS INCLUDE...
HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE WINDOWS. MANY LIGHTNING
STRIKES WILL OCCUR WELL AHEAD OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS. IF
YOU CANNOT SEEK SHELTER INDOORS TAKE COVER IN A VEHICLE.
THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH WILL CAUSE MINOR
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS INCLUDING DITCHES...CREEKS...ROADWAYS AND
AREAS OF POOR DRAINAGE. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO REDUCE DRIVING SPEEDS TO AVOID
HYDROPLANING.
&&
LAT...LON 3537 7770 3535 7768 3535 7765 3542 7751
3541 7748 3543 7747 3535 7743 3534 7739
3530 7745 3527 7744 3523 7748 3524 7752
3520 7752 3506 7770 3509 7775 3514 7776
3518 7784 3520 7784
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 220DEG 17KT 3519 7771
11The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:23 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two large trees and several large tree limbs were blown down along Eastwood Drive to the northwest of Kinston.
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