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Tornado Watch 380

May 27, 200043 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina; 17 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 27, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT for 43 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina; 17 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2000, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2000, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Brunswick County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQHertford, Northampton31 min
May 27, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQSouthampton, City of Franklin31 min
May 27, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGreensville31 min
May 27, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWarren31 min
May 27, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQIsle of Wight, City of Suffolk30 min
May 27, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarion50 min
May 27, 5:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWarren30 min
May 27, 5:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus58 min
May 27, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQGates36 min
May 27, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston29 min
May 27, 6:13 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHWayne32 min
May 27, 6:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin41 min
May 27, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXLenoir49 min
May 27, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston33 min
May 27, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQBertie31 min
May 27, 6:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene41 min
May 27, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne, Wilson28 min
May 27, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPitt40 min
May 27, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin34 min
May 27, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort45 min
May 27, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPitt50 min
May 27, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXOnslow39 min
May 27, 7:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare39 min

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2000-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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.

000 
WWUS9 KMKC 272010
MKC WW 272010
NCZ000-SCZ000-VAZ000-CWZ000-280100-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 380
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
410 PM EDT SAT MAY 27 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
   NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA                     
   SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA                     
   COASTAL WATERS                           
                        

EFFECTIVE THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 430 PM UNTIL 900
PM EDT.

TORNADOES...HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 95 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES EAST OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 20
MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...  CONTINUE...WW 375...WW 376...WW
377...WW 378...WW 379...

DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS...INCLUDING SUPERCELLS ARE EXPECTED TO
SPREAD INTO THE ERN CAROLINAS/VIRGINIA THIS EVENING. TORNADO THREAT
SHOULD BE GREATEST INVOF WARM FRONT/OUTFLOW BOUNDARY OVER NERN NC.


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTfORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 28030.


...VESCIO

;334,0801 370,0774 370,0742 334,0765;

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee5 hr
May 27, 2:45 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Cabarrus, Caldwell and 37 more6 hr
May 27, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Graham6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2000Tornado Watches in Virginia, 2000Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2000Every tornado watch 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.