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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 388

May 28, 20005 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 28, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2000, 4:00 PM EDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2000, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties

Fannin County, GA, Rabun County, GA, Towns County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Anson County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Clay County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Union County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, Greenville County, SC, Pickens County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, York County, SC, Anderson County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Carter County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Union County, TN, Washington County, TN, City of Bristol, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, Grayson County, VA, Henry County, VA, Patrick County, VA

Warnings issued inside it

18 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXJohnson26 min
May 28, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXBlount29 min
May 28, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKYadkin25 min
May 28, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCatawba, Iredell34 min
May 28, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, Patrick59 min
May 28, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCity of Martinsville59 min
May 28, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKStokes37 min
May 28, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPDavie32 min
May 28, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson41 min
May 28, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham56 min
May 28, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPRowan30 min
May 28, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan41 min
May 28, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKStokes48 min
May 28, 7:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania, City of Danville54 min
May 28, 7:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter, Johnson58 min
May 28, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnicoi50 min
May 28, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery9 min
May 28, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockingham34 min

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 237 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 2000-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 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 2000-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
935 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlamance, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Durham and 15 more5 hr
May 27, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 32 more5 hr
May 28, 12:30 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBeaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chowan and 29 more6 hr
May 28, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham and 32 more6 hr
May 28, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles and 16 more6 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.