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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 10, 2000Nash County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 10, 2000, 6:21 PM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2000, 6:21 PM EDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2000, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Nash County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 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 12:00Z on 2000-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-158 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1306 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS52 KRAH 102222
SVRRDU
NCC127-102245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
621 PM EDT WED MAY 10 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN NASH COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 621 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF RED OAK...OR ABOUT 10
  MILES NORTHEAST OF NASHVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  NEAR BATTLEBORO AROUND 630 PM EDT

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN RALEIGH.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 10, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham, Randolph33 min
May 10, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham38 min
May 10, 7:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee29 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.