Several batches of thunderstorms developed and moved through Eastern NC during the evening hours. A few storms became severe and produced damaging winds.
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The episode as NWS MHX wrote it up.
Several batches of thunderstorms developed and moved through Eastern NC during the evening hours. A few storms became severe and produced 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 Jun 6, 3:02 PM EST, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.
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</html>The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 69 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:39 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power outages were reported by Jones-Onslow Electric Cooperative in West Onslow Beach. The time was estimated based on radar data.
Lenoir County EM called to report power lines down and trees down on hwy 55, near Moss Hill Elementary School, hwy 903, and Liddell Road. Many power outages were reported in this area as well.
Several different areas of trees were blown down across the roadway near Washington, including Highland Dr. and Corsica Rd.
Several different areas of trees were blown down across the Pantego and Belhaven area, including Swindell Rd, Sydney Rd, and US Hwy 264. The time was estimated based on radar data.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, June 2024
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1178440, 1178445, 1178446, 1178447.