Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 292

May 26, 2001Somerset County, Maryland; 37 counties in North Carolina; 43 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 26, 2001, 12:00 PM EDT for Somerset County, Maryland; 37 counties in North Carolina; 43 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2001, 12:00 PM EDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 81 counties

Somerset County, MD, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Accomack County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Caroline County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Westmoreland County, VA, York County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 12:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus49 min
May 26, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQMiddlesex30 min
May 26, 12:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLancaster30 min
May 26, 12:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen38 min
May 26, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQNorthampton23 min
May 26, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMColumbus45 min
May 26, 1:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen42 min
May 26, 1:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax25 min
May 26, 1:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin25 min
May 26, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene23 min
May 26, 1:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin45 min
May 26, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXLenoir43 min
May 26, 2:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones37 min
May 26, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPitt51 min
May 26, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXLenoir34 min
May 26, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXOnslow59 min
May 26, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston25 min
May 26, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne46 min

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2001-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 618 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 2001-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
928 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Maryland, 2001Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.