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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 22, 2000Craven County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
May 22, 2000, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2000, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Craven County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 22, 9:25 PM EDTHail 1Trent Woods, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 22, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 42 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2000-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2275 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2000-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

584 
WUUS52 KMHX 230052 COR
SVRMHX
NCC049-230130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
845 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 845 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JASPER...MOVING EAST AT 35
  MPH. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN COVE CITY AT    
  845 PM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   JASPER AND....TUSCARORA AT 850 PM EDT.
   NEW BERN AT 900 PM EDT.
   BRIDGETON AT 905 PM EDT.

HAIL...INTENSE RAIN AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS
STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

NNNN

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. 

CORRECTED TO DELETE REFERENCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT 
UNTIL MIDNIGHT...THIS WAS INCORRECT.

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 May 22, 2:35 PM EDT, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:35 PM EDT, 6 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
235 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

AM NOT TOO IMPRESSED FOR PRECIPITATION CHANCES THIS PACKAGE THOUGH I
WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO KEEP A LOW POP OUT OF EACH PERIOD. THE AREA
WILL BE IN A NW FLOW ALOFT WITH SEVERAL WEAK VORTICITY MAXIMA
AFFECTING THE REGION DURING THE NEXT 2 DAYS. THE STRONGEST UPPER
SYSTEM WILL CROSS ESTRN NC THIS EVENING ACCOMPANIED BY MARGINAL LIFT
BUT GOOD INSTAB. ATMOSPHERE IS STARTING TO RECOVER HERE WITH SEVERAL
CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES EVIDENT ON SATELLITE. WILL KEEP A 30 EVENING
POP. AGREE WITH THE SPC THAT BEST SVR THREAT WILL BE OVR CENTRAL NC
WHERE BEST DESTABLIZATION TOOK PLACE. HOWEVER...LOW WBZ HEIGHTS WILL
MEAN A THREAT OF SOME LARGE HAIL WILL EXIST. A WEAK BNDRY WILL PASS
OFF THE COAST OVERNIGHT WITH A DRIER WESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW INTO
TUE. ANOTHER APPROACHING VORT WILL BACK THE FLOW AND INC MOISTURE
LATE TUE-TUE NIGHT. BEST LIFT ACTUALLY OCCURS AROUND 06Z WED...WITH
MOST OF THAT OFFSHORE. CAN/T RULE OUT A LATE DAY OR NIGHTTIME SHRA OR
STORM BUT FEEL 40 FWC POPS OVERDONE. WILL GO WITH A SLIGHT CHC. SAME
FOR WED AS ANOTHER WK UPPER WAVE CROSSES THE AREA. MAIN STORY WED
WILL BE INCREASING TEMPS/HUMIDITY AS A HOT AIRMASS OVR THE SRN PLAINS
GETS ADVECTED ESTWRD. THINK HIGHS INLAND WILL APPROACH 90...WARMING
FROM EXPECTED MAXES IN THE MID 80S TUE.

CWF: WINDS WILL INCREASE OVR THE WATERS TUE NIGHT AND WED. AVN/ETA
SFC WIND FCST IS AROUND 20 KT FOR MY SRN WATERS AND 20-25 FOR THE
SOUNDS AND NRN WATERS. NGM WAS THE STRONGEST WITH 25-30 THROUGHOUT.
CLIMO FAVORS MARGINAL SCA CONDITIONS DEVELOPING TUE NIGHT...
PRIMARILY OVR THE NRN WATERS AND SOUNDS DUE TO NOCTURNAL JETTING.
WILL HEADLINE THESE AREAS FOR POSSIBLE SCA BUT KEEP THE SRN WATERS
JUST BELOW AT 20 KT. PLENTY OF TIME FOR LATER SHIFTS TO ADJUST IF
NEEDED.

.MHX...NONE.

ELARDO

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 22, 6:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC...COR FOR TIME
620 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0616 PM    KINSTON                   NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   LENOIR                         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 1 MILE
                                          NORTHEAST OF KINSTON.

JME
Local storm report, May 22, 6:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
635 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    KITTY HAWK                NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   OUTER BANKS DARE
Local storm report, May 22, 6:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
638 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    KITTY HAWK                NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   OUTER BANKS DARE

0630 PM    KILL DEVIL HILLS          NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   OUTER BANKS DARE

JME
Local storm report, May 22, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
725 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0655 PM    FORT BARNWELL             NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   CRAVEN

0720 PM    NEW BERN                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   CRAVEN                         DIME SIZE HAIL IN GRACY
                                          FARMS JUST NORTH OF NEW
                                          BERN.

JME
Local storm report, May 22, 7:52 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
752 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0640 PM    PLYMOUTH                  NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   WASHINGTON                     PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL.
                                          TIME APPROXIMATE.

JME
Local storm report, May 22, 8:18 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
818 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0815 PM    ERNUL                     NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
05/22/00   CRAVEN

JME

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 8:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven33 min
May 22, 9:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPamlico43 min
May 22, 9:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin35 min
May 22, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven28 min
May 22, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPamlico37 min
May 22, 10:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven29 min

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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.