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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

May 28, 2001Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2001, 11:55 AM EDT for Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. 2 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, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2001, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 12:02 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52 EPollocksville, NC
May 28, 12:10 PM EDTHail 0.75Jacksonville, NC

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 10:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 2001-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1268 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 2001-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KMHX 281557
SVRMHX

NCC103-133-281645-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
1155 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 1245 PM EDT

* AT 1155 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MAYSVILLE TO CATHERINE           
  LAKE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   JACKSONVILLE AT NOON EDT.
   HAWS RUN AT 1205 PM EDT.
   NEW RIVER AIR STATION...AND...PINEY GREEN AT 1210 PM EDT.
   VERONA AT 1215 PM EDT.
   CAMP LEJEUNE...AND...HUBERT AT 1220 PM EDT.
   DIXON AT 1225 PM EDT.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS. IF YOU ARE IN THEIR PATH YOU SHOULD
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE TO A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER...INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATION`AL WEATHER SERVICE.

$$

12/17

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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 28, 9:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 9:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
937 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

JUST ISSUED A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK A FEW MINUTES AGO. YET ANOTHER
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. WILL HAVE TO UPDATE ZFP TO TAKE OUT MORNING SUNSHINE AND
MAY HAVE TO ADJUST TEMPS DOWN A CATEGORY DUE TO INCREASING CLOUD
COVER.

CWF: CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD BUT WILL MENTION WIND(S AND SEAS HIGHER
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

RIP CURRENT THREAT: INCREASING SW WINDS PRIMARY FACTOR FOR INCREASED
THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FOR S FACING BEACHES TODAY.

.MHX....NONE.

WS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 9:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-290100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
925 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT..

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

THE AREA OF MOST CONCERN IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR RODANTHE ON THE
OUTER BANKS TO NEAR LAGRANGE IN LENOIR COUNTY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER AND WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS...
NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

WS
Local storm report, May 28, 11:50 AM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
1150 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1040 AM    FAISON AND CALYPSO        NC  POWER LINES DOWN
05/28/01     DUPLIN                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin33 min
May 28, 10:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene, Lenoir45 min
May 28, 11:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin28 min
May 28, 11:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones, Onslow39 min
May 28, 11:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXBeaufort, Craven, Pamlico45 min
May 28, 12:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret46 min
May 28, 12:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXHyde37 min
May 28, 12:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDare, Hyde51 min
May 28, 1:12 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXDare48 min

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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.