Drought in North Carolina, June 25 to 30, 2024

Name: Drought in North Carolina, June 25 to 30, 2024
Start: 2024-06-25T00:00
End: 2024-06-30T23:59
Location: North Carolina

June 25 to 30, 2024 · NWS MHX · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Severe (D2) drought conditions developed in later June across parts of Eastern NC. The drought stressed the corn crop severely across several coastal plains counties, according to the NC Cooperative Extension.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.

What forecasters said that day

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 Jun 24, 9:13 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 9:13 PM EST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 7:13 PM EST, 4 hours 47 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City NC
813 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024

NCZ195-196-199-204-205-260015-
West Carteret-East Carteret-Coastal Onslow-Ocracoke Island-
Hatteras Island-
813 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024

...MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT TUESDAY THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.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.

The combination of heat and humidity will produce heat index values
between 100 and 105 degrees again Wednesday and Thursday. Anyone
spending time outdoors should take precaution to mitigate heat
related illnesses.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>092-094-193-194-198-203-260015-
Martin-Pitt-Washington-Tyrrell-Mainland Dare-Greene-Beaufort-
Mainland Hyde-Duplin-Lenoir-Jones-Pamlico-Northern Craven-
Southern Craven-Inland Onslow-Northern Outer Banks-
813 PM EDT Mon Jun 24 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for eastern North Carolina.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

The combination of heat and humidity will produce heat index values
between 100 and 105 degrees again Wednesday and Thursday. Anyone
spending time outdoors should take precaution to mitigate heat
related illnesses.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:40 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1140 PM EDT SAT JUN 24 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0558 PM     TSTM WND GST     MICHAEL J SMITH AIRPORT 34.73N 76.66W
06/24/2024  M63 MPH          CARTERET           NC   ASOS

            KMRH REPORTED A GUST OF 55 KNOTS.

&&

SGK

Local storm report, Jun 24, 11:02 PM EST, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1202 AM EDT TUE JUN 25 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0231 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WANCHESE                35.84N 75.62W
06/24/2024                   DARE               NC   UTILITY COMPANY

            SEVERAL CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER IN
            WANCHESE DUE TO DAMAGE TO POWER LINES.
            TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

&&

SGK

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Martin

When: June 25, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Martin forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 35.842, -77.107 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Pitt

When: June 25, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Pitt forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 35.594, -77.375 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Greene

When: June 25, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Greene forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 35.485, -77.676 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Beaufort

When: June 25, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Beaufort forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 35.486, -76.845 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Northern Craven

When: June 25, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Northern Craven forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 35.117, -77.083 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Pamlico

When: June 25, 12:00 AM EST to June 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where: Pamlico forecast zone
Reported by: Drought Monitor
Coordinates: 35.152, -76.667 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought: A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in North Carolina in 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in North Carolina, June 2024

Sources

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: 1196395, 1196396, 1196397, 1196398, 1196399, 1196400.