Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2000, 9:02 PM EDT for Pamlico County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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, 9:02 PM EDT (01:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2000, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pamlico County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 9:40 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Reelsboro, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
844 WUUS52 KMHX 230101 SVRMHX NCC137-230145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 902 PM EDT MON MAY 22 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PAMLICO COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 945 PM EDT * AT 900 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF OLYMPIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SILVER HILL AT 910 PM EDT. BAYBORO AT 920 PM EDT. VERY LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. PLEASE 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 May 22, 2:35 PM EDT, 6 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:35 PM EDT, 6 hours 27 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 42 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.
JMELocal storm report, May 22, 6:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 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 DARELocal storm report, May 22, 6:38 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 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
JMELocal storm report, May 22, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 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.
JMELocal storm report, May 22, 7:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 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.
JMELocal storm report, May 22, 8:18 PM EDT, 44 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
JMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 33 min |
| May 22, 8:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 45 min |
| May 22, 9:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 35 min |
| May 22, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 28 min |
| May 22, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 37 min |
| May 22, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 29 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.