Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2001, 12:28 PM EDT for Brunswick County, New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2001, 12:28 PM EDT (16:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2001, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brunswick County, NC, New Hanover County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:43 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Leland, NC | Golfball size hail reported. |
| May 28, 12:55 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Wilmington, NC | One inch hail occurred at the Wilmington airport. The hail was observed and entered in the Wilmington ASOS observation. |
| May 28, 1:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Shallotte, NC | Skywarn reported dime size hail. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 1268 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KILM 281628 SVRILM NCC019-129-281730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1228 PM EDT MON MAY 28 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... BRUNSWICK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 130 PM EDT * AT 1217 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS FROM LELAND TO 7 MILES WEST OF WINNABOW...OR FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF LELAND TO 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LELAND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... WRIGHTSBORO AT 1235 PM EDT SMITH CREEK AT 1240 PM EDT WINDEMERE AT 1245 PM EDT BAYSHORE AT 1250 PM EDT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH AT 1255 PM EDT ORTON PLANTATION AT 100 PM EDT HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER... AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN HOUR...ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC. .END $$ RWA
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 9:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 9:50 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 950 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001 CONVECTION MOVING INTO MY NW COUNTIES ATTM WITH FIRST IN PARADE OF S/W TROFS. LINE IS MOVING INTO BETTER INSTABILITY WITH MSAS LI'S OF -5 TO -7 IN MY COASTAL ZONES. THINK THIS SQUALL LINE WILL MAINLY AFFECT MY NC COUNTIES THRU EARLY AFTERNOON. BETTER SVR POTENTIAL THIS AM LOOKS TO BE IN RAH/MHX'S AREA WHERE LINE IS BEGINNING TO BOW. STILL MUST WATCH CLOSELY. NEXT S/W TROF WORKING INTO NW GA WILL MOVE INTO BOUNDARY RICH ENVIRONMENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. ALREADY CLOSE TO 80/70 HERE SO COULD BE IN FOR AN INTERESTING LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. TEMPS QUITE TOASTY THIS MORNING BUT CI BLOWOFF SHOULD KEEP GOING HIGHS IN DECENT SHAPE. WILL LOOK AT ZFP UPDATE TO REFINE TIMING AND POSSIBLY INCLUDE SEVERE MENTION PER SPC SLIGHT RISK. CWF...NO CHANGES PLANNED EXCEPT TO REFINE TIMING OF TSTMS. PRELIM NUMBERS...U FCSTID = 35 ILM 85 68 85 63 / 60 60 40 10 LBT 84 65 84 61 / 60 60 30 10 FLO 83 66 84 62 / 60 60 30 10 MYR 83 69 82 65 / 60 60 40 10 .ILM... NC...NONE. SC...NONE. RAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 23 min |
| May 28, 12:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 55 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.