Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 378

June 7, 200135 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in Virginia

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 7, 2001, 3:30 PM EDT for 35 counties in North Carolina; 8 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2001, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2001, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan 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, Harnett 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, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Brunswick County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Greensville County, VA, Southampton County, VA

The radar

The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2001-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 431 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 2001-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1222 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 North Carolina, 2001Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 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.