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Tornado Watch 386

May 28, 200035 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at May 28, 2000, 12:30 PM EDT for 35 counties in North Carolina; Dillon County, Florence County, Marion County, South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2000, 12:30 PM EDT (16:30 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2000, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett 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, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Wake County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Marion County, SC

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 12:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMFlorence57 min
May 28, 12:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Hoke49 min
May 28, 1:00 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHCumberland30 min
May 28, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson30 min
May 28, 1:16 PM EDTTornado WarningILMBladen44 min
May 28, 1:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarion37 min
May 28, 1:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen49 min
May 28, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus60 min
May 28, 1:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne49 min
May 28, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin47 min
May 28, 2:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPender90 min
May 28, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXLenoir44 min
May 28, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus82 min
May 28, 2:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene37 min
May 28, 2:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMMarion, Williamsburg60 min
May 28, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen44 min
May 28, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven30 min
May 28, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones, Onslow43 min
May 28, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick, Columbus, New Hanover70 min
May 28, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Pamlico38 min
May 28, 3:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven45 min
May 28, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret42 min
May 28, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPamlico15 min
May 28, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBrunswick60 min
May 28, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret30 min
May 28, 4:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMNew Hanover48 min

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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 2000-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1366 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 2000-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1366 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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.

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, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Alleghany, Anson, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 40 more6 hr
May 28, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlamance, Beaufort, Bertie, Carteret, Caswell, Chatham and 32 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.