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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 372

June 5, 200139 counties in North Carolina; 57 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 5, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT for 39 counties in North Carolina; 57 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2001, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2001, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 96 counties

Alamance County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Alleghany County, VA, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Hampton, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Newport News, VA, City of Norfolk, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Poquoson, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, City of Williamsburg, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Surry County, VA, Sussex County, VA

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRockbridge28 min
Jun 5, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXNelson56 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford46 min
Jun 5, 6:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKCampbell, City of Lynchburg3 hr
Jun 5, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell50 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBotetourt, Craig3 hr
Jun 5, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte52 min
Jun 5, 7:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKBedford3 hr
Jun 5, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCharlotte18 min
Jun 5, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg45 min
Jun 5, 8:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKAppomattox3 hr
Jun 5, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAKQLunenburg28 min

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2001-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2001-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.