Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 349
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 1, 2001, 5:00 PM EDT for 30 counties in North Carolina; 4 counties in South Carolina; 24 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2001, 5:00 PM EDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2001, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC, Charles City County, VA, City of Chesapeake, 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 Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Gloucester County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, James City County, VA, Mathews County, VA, Northampton County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA, York County, VA
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
8 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 43 min |
| Jun 1, 6:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | AKQ | Charles City, Chesterfield, Hanover, Henrico, King William, New Kent and 1 more | 113 min |
| Jun 1, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Horry | 66 min |
| Jun 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | Hertford | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank, Perquimans | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 23 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 506 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 793 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick and 46 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 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.