Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2001, 1:25 PM EDT for Hoke County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 80 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
- Apr 1, 2001, 1:25 PM EDT (17:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2001, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hoke County, NC, Scotland County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:55 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Raeford, NC | Trees downed. |
| Apr 1, 2:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Countywide, NC | Trees downed across the county. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KRAH 011726 SVRRDU NCC093-165-011845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 125 PM EDT SUN APR 1 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA HOKE COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 125 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS EASTERN RICHMOND AND MOORE COUNTIES... MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... LAURINBURG RAEFORD THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 45 min |
| Apr 1, 12:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 59 min |
| Apr 1, 12:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 12:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 26 min |
| Apr 1, 12:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 38 min |
| Apr 1, 12:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 66 min |
| Apr 1, 12:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 57 min |
| Apr 1, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Moore, Richmond | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 63 min |
| Apr 1, 1:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 56 min |
| Apr 1, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Orange | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 48 min |
| Apr 1, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 53 min |
| Apr 1, 2:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Sampson | 68 min |
| Apr 1, 2:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne, Wilson | 67 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.