Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 388
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Johnson | 26 min |
| May 28, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Blount | 29 min |
| May 28, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 25 min |
| May 28, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, Patrick | 59 min |
| May 28, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | City of Martinsville | 59 min |
| May 28, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 37 min |
| May 28, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie | 32 min |
| May 28, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 41 min |
| May 28, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 56 min |
| May 28, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 30 min |
| May 28, 6:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sullivan | 41 min |
| May 28, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Stokes | 48 min |
| May 28, 7:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Danville | 54 min |
| May 28, 7:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson | 58 min |
| May 28, 7:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 50 min |
| May 28, 7:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 9 min |
| May 28, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 34 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.
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Durham and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 32 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 12:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Chowan and 29 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham and 32 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 2:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles and 16 more | 6 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.