Numerous thunderstorms developed over eastern North Carolina during the afternoon of July 11th 2015 as low pressure moved east along a stalled front. One of the storms became severe producing damaging winds over parts of Ocracoke Island.
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The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Numerous thunderstorms developed over eastern North Carolina during the afternoon of July 11th 2015 as low pressure moved east along a stalled front. One of the storms became severe producing damaging winds over parts of Ocracoke Island.
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 11, 5:30 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 630 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS EASTERN TONIGHT AND SLOWLY MOVE AWAY FROM THE NC COAST SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. AN INLAND TROUGH WILL DEVELOP AGAIN EARLY NEXT WEEK AND PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /TONIGHT/... AS OF 617 PM SAT...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS LATE AFTERNOON. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7PM. RADAR INDICATES THESE STORMS LESSENING IN SEVERITY. HOWEVER POTENTIAL STILL EXIST THAT ANY OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH SOME UPPER SUPPORT AND CONVERGENCE FROM FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEAR THE COAST. STORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS EVENING. WILL ADJUST POPS/WEATHER FOR CURRENT CONDITIONS. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY/... AS OF 330 PM SATURDAY...MOSTLY DRY CONDS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY AS UPR RIDGE BUILDS BACK INTO THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF SHORT WAVE PASSAGE. HOWEVER...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH FORCING AND MOISTURE DURING AFTERNOON PEAK HEATING FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE A LITTLE COOLER NEAR NORMAL LEVELS...AROUND 90 INLAND TO THE MID 80S COAST WITH A LIGHT TO MODERATE NORTHERLY FLOW IN THE WAKE OF THE EXITING SURFACE LOW. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN WILL REMAIN VERY STATIC THROUGH THE 7 DAY PERIOD WITH A UPPER RIDGE VICINITY TEXAS/OKLAHOMA AND A EAST COAST UPPER TROUGH. THE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT ON THIS BUT AS IS TO BE EXPECTED THEY DIFFER ON DAY TO DAY SHORTWAVE DETAILS. GIVEN THAT FORECASTING THESE NORMALLY LOW AMPLITUDE FEATURES IN THE WEAKER SUMMERTIME FLOW IS DIFFICULT AT BEST AT LONGER TIME SCALES AND ALSO TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE CONTRIBUTION FROM MESO-SCALE PROCESSES, THE PRECIPITATION FORECAST WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT AND THE LOWEST CONFIDENCE PORTION OF THE FORECAST. THUS AN EMPHASIS WILL BE PLACED MORE ON A TYPICAL DIURNAL PATTERN THOUGH THE UPPER PATTERN WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR NOCTURNAL INTRUSIONS OF MCS SYSTEMS IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND NECESSITATE THE NEED FOR AT LEAST CHANCE POPS FOR EVERY PERIOD OF THE FORECAST. THE 6-10 DAY PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK FROM THE CPC INDICATES ABOVE NORMAL PRECIPITATION FROM NORTH CAROLINA NORTH ACROSS THE THE MID ATLANTIC INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION. THERE IS MORE AGREEMENT WITH REGARDS TO THE EXPECTED TEMPERATURES DURING THE PERIOD WITH THE DETERMINISTIC AND ENSEMBLE MODEL FORECASTS SUPPORTING SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS IS ALSO INDICATED IN THE PAST SEVERAL RUNS OF THE NAFES 8-14 DAY TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS AND THE 6 TO 10 DAY AND 8 TO 14 DAY TEMPERATURE OUTLOOKS FROM THE CPC. SUNDAY NIGHT...DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT/COASTAL LOW WILL BEGIN TO ERODE LATE AS ANOTHER AREA OF DEEPER MOISTURE RETURNS FROM THE WEST. ASSOCIATED WARM ADVECTION COULD LEAD TO A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE MAINLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 17. LOWS WILL BE IN THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S MOST LOCATIONS AND MID 70S BEACHES. NEXT WEEK...AS MENTIONED ABOVE THE LONG WAVE TROF WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE EASTERN STATES AS THE STRONG UPPER RIDGE PERSISTS OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL LEAD TO BETTER PRECIP CHANCES ESPECIALLY WHEN SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING THRU THE UPPER TROF COINCIDES WITH THE DIURNAL HEAT CYCLE WITH SHOWERS/TSTORMS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DIFFICULT TO TIME THE SHORT WAVES THIS FAR OUT IN TIME BUT WILL CONTINUE THE BETTER POPS DURING THE DIURNAL CYCLE BUT WILL NEED TO HANG ON TO AT LEAST A LOW CHANCE POP EACH NIGHT DUE THE COMBINATION OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND NW FLOW ALOFT. THE UPPER RIDGE MAY ATTEMPT TO BUILD EAST BY NEXT WEEKEND WHICH MIGHT HELP REDUCE PRECIP CHANCES BY FRIDAY AND INTO NEXT WEEKEND. DAYTIME MAX TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE EACH DAY. IF ENOUGH INSOLATION OCCURS, HIGHS WILL REACH MID TO POSSIBLY UPPER 90S THRU THE MID TO LATE WEEK PERIOD. THESE MAX TEMPS COMBINED WITH HIGH DEW POINTS WILL YIELD HEAT INDICES AOA 100, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY UNUSUAL FOR MID JULY. && .AVIATION /00Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... SHORT TERM /THROUGH 00Z MONDAY/... AS OF 625 PM SAT...STORMS THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS LATE AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO END FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. EWN/OAJ STILL HAVE POTENTIAL FOR SUB VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH 8PM. IMPROVING CONDITIONS ACROSS TAF SITES AFTER SUNSET. MVFR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE STARTING IN THE PREDAWN HOURS WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE...LOWERING CEILINGS AND POSSIBLE FOG AS WINDS DECOUPLE. CONDITIONS BACK TO VFR IN THE MID TO LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. SLIGHT CHANCE OF MVFR CONDITIONS IN AFTERNOON STORMS SUNDAY. LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...EXPECT MAINLY VFR TO PREVAIL, HOWEVER THERE LIKELY WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF SUB VFR CONDITIONS IN CONVECTION FROM TIME TO TIME AS PRECIPITATION CHANCES (AND SUBSEQUENT CHANCES FOR SUB-VFR CONDITIONS) WILL BE INCREASING NEXT WEEK AS A LONG WAVE TROF BECOMES ESTABLISHED OVER THE EASTERN STATES. MUCH OF THE ASSOCIATED BETTER RAIN CHANCES SHOULD BE TIED TO THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING DIURNAL CYCLE. ALSO, THERE WILL BE THE TYPICAL THREAT OF SOME PATCHY LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING STRATUS AND FOG ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAINFALL. && .MARINE... SHORT TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... AS OF 629 PM SAT...FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA COASTAL WATERS THIS LATE AFTERNOON WITH EAST AND SOUTH EASTERLY FLOW NORTH OF HATTERAS AND SOUTHWESTERLO FLOW IN THE SOUTHERN WATERS. SPEEDS GENERALLY 10 TO 15 KNOTS WITH SEAS 2 TO 3 FEET. STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE WATERS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH DANGEROUS WINDS POSSIBLE. ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN COASTAL WATERS TONIGHT ALLOWING NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS TO OVERSPREAD THE EASTERN NC COASTAL WATERS LATE TONIGHT. THE LOW WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE WATERS BY SUNDAY MORNING AND MAY BRIEFLY BUILD SEAS TO 4 FT ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS...WITH 2-3 FT SEAS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN WATERS IN OFFSHORE FLOW LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... AS OF 300 PM SATURDAY...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BACK FROM NORTH TO NORTHWEST SUNDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE PULLS AWAY FROM THE WATERS. A MORE TYPICAL SW FLOW REGIME WILL SET UP MONDAY AS A HEAT INDUCED INLAND THERMAL TROUGH DEVELOPS WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE WELL OFF OF THE SE COAST. THE SW FLOW PATTER IS FORECAST TO BECOME ENHANCED MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO A SLOW MOVING FRONT OVER THE MID ATLANTIC. THIS WILL PRODUCE SW WINDS TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS AT TIMES TO 25 KT. THIS PERSISTENT FLOW WILL PRODUCE 5 TO 8 FT WAVES OVER THE OUTER WATERS BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. IF THESE TRENDS CONTINUE THEN SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES WILL NEED TO BE ISSUED ESPECIALLY FOR THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL WATERS. WILL FORECAST CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE THURSDAY AS SW WINDS ARE FORECAST TO RELAX TO 10 TO 15 KT. && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JAC NEAR TERM...CGG/JAC SHORT TERM...JAC LONG TERM...JME/BTC AVIATION...CGG/JME/BTC/BM MARINE...CGG/JAC/JME/BTC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1238 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-121645- MARTIN-PITT-WASHINGTON-TYRRELL-MAINLAND DARE-GREENE-BEAUFORT- MAINLAND HYDE-DUPLIN-LENOIR-JONES-CRAVEN-PAMLICO-CARTERET-ONSLOW- 1238 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SHOULD STORMS BECOME SEVERE, THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY. NCZ103-104-121645- OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE- 1238 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA. SHOULD STORMS BECOME SEVERE, THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
429 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
NCZ047-081-112115-
MAINLAND HYDE-WESTERN DARE-
429 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MAINLAND DARE AND
EASTERN MAINLAND HYDE COUNTIES...
AT 429 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WANCHESE...OR 38 MILES SOUTH OF GRANDY...MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MAINLAND
HYDE AND SOUTHEASTERN WESTERN DARE COUNTIES.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3568 7574 3570 7574 3571 7577 3569 7578
3563 7573 3560 7578 3559 7578 3558 7577
3558 7583 3559 7582 3558 7585 3564 7589
3559 7589 3560 7594 3578 7592 3580 7573
3577 7574 3569 7572
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 274DEG 17KT 3569 7584
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
440 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
NCZ029-044>046-080-081-112145-
MAINLAND HYDE-TYRRELL-PITT-WASHINGTON-BEAUFORT-MARTIN-
440 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN MAINLAND HYDE...SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN...NORTHERN
BEAUFORT...NORTHWESTERN TYRRELL AND EAST CENTRAL PITT COUNTIES...
AT 439 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR WINDSOR TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLIAMSTON TO 9
MILES EAST OF EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GREENVILLE...WASHINGTON...WILLIAMSTON...PLYMOUTH...ROPER...JAMESVILLE
AND CRESWELL.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3594 7637 3593 7638 3597 7628 3593 7630
3579 7636 3559 7670 3559 7735 3575 7709
3586 7704 3586 7702 3589 7703 3586 7701
3590 7692 3581 7688 3589 7683 3587 7675
3594 7669 3594 7654 3598 7640
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 265DEG 31KT 3596 7692 3576 7701 3564 7720
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
450 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
NCZ103-112130-
OUTER BANKS DARE-
450 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL OUTER BANKS DARE
COUNTY...
AT 449 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BODIE
ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE...OR 39 MILES SOUTH OF GRANDY...MOVING EAST AT 25
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BODIE ISLAND LIGHTHOUSE.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3560 7547 3568 7549 3569 7551 3569 7550
3573 7551 3577 7553 3576 7559 3577 7558
3578 7554 3581 7563 3581 7561 3580 7556
3582 7559 3580 7555 3582 7558 3583 7555
3582 7555 3570 7549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2049Z 263DEG 22KT 3571 7562
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
500 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
NCZ080-093-112200-
CRAVEN-BEAUFORT-
500 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN BEAUFORT AND
NORTH CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTIES...
AT 459 PM EDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS 7 MILES NORTHEAST
OF VANCEBORO...OR 11 MILES SOUTH OF RIVER ROAD...MOVING EAST AT 40
MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VANCEBORO...BAYVIEW FERRY TERMINAL...AURORA FERRY TERMINAL AND
AURORA.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.
LAT...LON 3539 7658 3533 7664 3524 7663 3525 7724
3547 7717 3547 7699 3543 7697 3545 7693
3543 7690 3546 7690 3547 7693 3547 7682
3543 7686 3540 7682 3539 7682 3538 7685
3537 7683 3539 7678 3547 7681 3547 7660
TIME...MOT...LOC 2059Z 271DEG 33KT 3535 7704SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
538 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
NCZ103-112215-
OUTER BANKS DARE-
538 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL OUTER BANKS DARE
COUNTY...
AT 537 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR HATTERAS ISLAND
FISHING PIER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HATTERAS ISLAND FISHING PIER.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3548 7548 3539 7549 3535 7550 3536 7551
3538 7550 3547 7552 3548 7553 3551 7549
3551 7548 3552 7549 3553 7547 3559 7547
3559 7546 3556 7546
TIME...MOT...LOC 2137Z 305DEG 13KT 3550 7551
05SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
647 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
NCZ103-104-112345-
OUTER BANKS DARE-OUTER BANKS HYDE-
647 PM EDT SAT JUL 11 2015
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OUTER
BANKS DARE AND CENTRAL OUTER BANKS HYDE COUNTIES...
AT 646 PM EDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF HATTERAS FERRY TERMINAL TO 8
MILES NORTHEAST OF OCRACOKE FERRY TERMINAL TO NEAR OCRACOKE
LIGHTHOUSE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HATTERAS FERRY TERMINAL AND AVON PIER.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 3539 7549 3529 7551 3523 7555 3519 7576
3510 7596 3511 7596 3520 7577 3520 7576
3521 7571 3523 7568 3522 7568 3523 7564
3527 7560 3527 7554 3548 7553 3529 7553
3538 7550 3553 7548
TIME...MOT...LOC 2246Z 240DEG 17KT 3535 7594 3520 7588 3504 7600
05The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:50 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds blew over or snapped several wooden electrical poles on the north part of Ocracoke Island. Power was knocked out for several hours across Ocracoke Island.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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