Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 2000, 6:04 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2000, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2000, 6:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pitt County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Hail 2.75 | Grifton, NC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 101 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 725 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KMHX 162205 SVRMHX NCC147-162235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 604 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 635 PM EDT * AT 604 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRIFTON...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF KINSTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... CALICO AT 625 PM EDT. HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, 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 this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 1:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 150 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000 CONVECTION HAS BEEN HELD TO A MINIMUM THUS FAR THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CWA. ONE REASON IS THAT DEWPOINTS HAVE DROPPED...ESPECIALLY OVER THE COASTAL PLAINS...WHERE MOST DEWPOINTS ARE IN THE 60S. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS THAT THE BULK OF THE MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY HAS ALSO MOVED N INTO VA AND THAT HAS PROMPTED A FEW WARNINGS OUT OF AKQ...BUT HAS KEPT OUR AREA QUIET. THE MHX CWA IS NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET...HOWEVER. ETA/AVN SHOW ANOTHER H5 SHORTWAVE DROPPING DOWN OVERNIGHT AND WITH MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWING PLENTIFUL INSTABILITY (LI'S OF -8)...WILL CONTINUE A CHC POP THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. AGREE WITH SPC THAT BEST SVR THREAT WITH PROBABLY BE N OF OUR CWA...BUT AN ISOLATED STRONG TO SVR STORM OR TWO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT IN DRYING OUT THE ATMOSPHERE MONDAY THRU TUESDAY WITH STRONG DIFFERENTIAL NVA. TEMPS WILL STILL BE QUITE WARM...BUT THE DEWPOINTS MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 60S. ANOTHER AREA OF MID-LEVEL SHORTWAVE ENERGY WILL START TO APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NW TUESDAY NIGHT. ETA MUCH MORE VIGOROUS WITH THE H7-H5 OMEGA THAN IS THE ETA. NOT REAL CONFIDENT ON THE MODEL SOLUTIONS...BUT WILL INTRODUCE A CHC OF TSTMS FOR THE 5TH PERIOD FCST. MARINE FCST...WINDS/SEAS WILL BE JUST ABOUT AS LIGHT AS IT GETS AROUND HERE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. NO ADVISORIES NEEDED WITH LIGHT WINDS AT NIGHT AND S/SW WINDS 15 KT OR LESS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. .MHX...NONE. COLLINS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 16, 3:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
351 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOC@ATION....
0347 PM 4 W NEW BERN NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 CRAVENLocal storm report, Jul 16, 4:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
401 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0347 PM 4 W NEW BERN NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 CRAVEN REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0353 PM NEW BERN NC 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 CRAVEN REPORTED BY SPOTTER
WSLocal storm report, Jul 16, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
501 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0347 PM 4 W NEW BERN NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 CRAVEN REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0353 PM NEW BERN NC 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 CRAVEN REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0412 PM ERNUL NC 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 CRAVEN REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0415 PM VANCEBORO NC WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL
07/16/00 CRAVEN 60 MPH WINDS WITH
TREE LIMBS DOWN AND
1.00 INCH HAIL
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0435 PM BLOUNTS CREEK NC WIND DAMAGE
07/16/00 BEAUFORT TREES BLOCKING HWY 33W
HODGES STRETCH
REPORTED BY 911
0446 PM BATH NC 1.75 HAIL
07/16/00 BEAUFORT REPORTED BY 911
0453 PM DUCK CREEK NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 BEAUFORT WIND DAMAGE WITH
TREES DOWN
REPORTED BY SPOTTER
WSLocal storm report, Jul 16, 5:43 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
543 PM EDT SUN JUL 16 2000
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM NEAR BEULAVILLE NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 DUPLIN REPORTED BY 911
0345 PM NEAR TRENTON NC 0.75 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 JONES REPORTED BY 911
0535 PM SOUTH OF DEEP RUN NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/16/00 LENOIR REPORTED BY 911
WSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 4:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 21 min |
| Jul 16, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 35 min |
| Jul 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones, Lenoir | 45 min |
| Jul 16, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 36 min |
| Jul 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Martin, Pitt | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.