Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 12:02 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 E | Pollocksville, NC | |
| May 28, 12:10 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Jacksonville, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 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.
- 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 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
ENFORCEMENTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 10:27 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 45 min |
| May 28, 11:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 28 min |
| May 28, 11:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Jones, Onslow | 39 min |
| May 28, 11:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Craven, Pamlico | 45 min |
| May 28, 12:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 46 min |
| May 28, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 37 min |
| May 28, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Dare, Hyde | 51 min |
| May 28, 1:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Dare | 48 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001
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.