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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 308

May 28, 200120 counties in North Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 28, 2001, 10:15 AM EDT for 20 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2001, 10:15 AM EDT (14:15 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2001, 3:00 PM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beaufort County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Craven County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 10:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin33 min
May 28, 10:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne45 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, 11:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones, Onslow50 min
May 28, 12:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPender55 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

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 67 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.