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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 3, 2000Guilford County, Randolph County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2000, 5:17 PM EDT for Guilford County, Randolph 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2000, 5:17 PM EDT (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Guilford County, NC, Randolph County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 5:39 PM EDTHail 1.75Archdale, 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
Jun 3, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 22 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2000-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 342 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2000-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-163 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

249 
WUUS52 KRAH 032118
SVRRDU
NCC081-151-032200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
517 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA
  SOUTHERN GUILFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 600 PM EDT

* AT 517 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTH OF HIGH POINT...MOVING 
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   ARCHDALE AT 525 PM EDT
   RANDLEMAN AT 550 PM EDT
   PLEASANT GARDEN AT 555 PM EDT
   CLIMAX AT 600 PM EDT

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. IF YOU
ARE IN THE STORMS PATH...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

LAT...LON 3596 8010 3578 8010 3575 7962 3598 7962

GIH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett45 min
Jun 3, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett32 min
Jun 3, 4:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake29 min
Jun 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston34 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland28 min
Jun 3, 4:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland27 min
Jun 3, 4:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson35 min
Jun 3, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth31 min
Jun 3, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake43 min
Jun 3, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston30 min
Jun 3, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson47 min
Jun 3, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville28 min
Jun 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland29 min
Jun 3, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne43 min
Jun 3, 6:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville36 min
Jun 3, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett33 min
Jun 3, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson32 min
Jun 3, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGranville, Vance46 min
Jun 3, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett23 min
Jun 3, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake47 min
Jun 3, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin, Granville45 min
Jun 3, 7:34 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Wake26 min
Jun 3, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake49 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.