Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

May 10, 2002, 2:58 PM EDT (18:58 UTC)

Expired

May 10, 2002, 3:45 PM EDT

In force

47 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

County New Hanover County, NC

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS52 KILM 101858
SVRILM
NCC129-101945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
257 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  NEW HANOVER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 345 PM EDT

* AT 247 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL OVER MYRTLE GROVE ...MOVING 
  EAST AT 10 MPH.


THIS THHUNDERSTORM HAS DROPPED QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE MYRTLE 
BEACH AREA.

MORE DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP AND AFFECT OTHER COMMUNITIES
IN THE WARNED AREA.

HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS GREATER THAN 58 MILES AN
HOUR ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY
WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN WILMINGTON NC.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM EDT FRIDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.

.END

$$

HAWKINS

LAT...LON 3420 7793 3402 7797 3390 7751 3416 7744

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 10, 10:30 AM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, NC
1030 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 2002

MORNING SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM JUST
SOUTH OF THE DELMARVA PENINSULA SW THROUGH CNTRL NC...NWRN SC AND
NRN GA. THE FRONT WILL PROGRESS SLOWLY S DURING THE AFTERNOON.

THE CLOUDS HELD UP ON THE WRN SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS SHOULD BEGIN
TO SPREAD INTO THE CWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACCORDING TO MESOETA LOW
LEVEL RH FIELDS...WHICH SEEM TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON CURRENT
SITUATION.

VAD WIND PROFILE FROM KLTX SHOWS WEAK LOW-LEVEL FLOW...AND WITH
FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED SO CLOSE...DO NOT EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE
MUCH DURING THE DAY. THIS SHOULD ALLOW THE SEABREEZE THIS AFTERNOON
TO MAKE GOOD INLAND PROGRESS.

12Z SOUNDINGS SHOW A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN
PLACE...ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT MHX/S SOUNDING. WITH A GOOD DEAL OF
MORNING SUNSHINE INSTABILITY WILL ONLY INCREASE BY AFTERNOON. BOTH
AVN/MESOETA SHOW SOME UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
NOT MUCH CONVERGENCE AT THE SFC WHICH MAKES ME QUESTION THE
LIKELIHOOD OF TSTM DEVELOPMENT. THE OTHER FACTOR WILL BE A
FOCUSING MECHANISM...WHICH EITHER THE FRONT ITSELF OR THE SEABREEZE
BOUNDARY MAY PROVIDE.  FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE LOW END CHANCE POPS.

CURRENT FCST TEMPS LOOK IN LINE BASED ON CURRENT OBS.

CWF...OBS CURRENTLY INDICATING S TO SW WIND 10 KT NEAR SHORE TO
ABOUT 15 AT THE BUOYS. WINDS MAY EVEN DIMINISH A LITTLE MORE AS THE
WEAK FRONT NEARS. DO NOT PLAN ANY MAJOR CHANGES TO CURRENT CWF.

FCSTID = 36
ILM   87  68  77  65 /  30  50  50  20
LBT   89  65  77  62 /  30  50  50  20
FLO   90  66  80  64 /  30  50  50  20
MYR   80  69  77  66 /  30  50  50  20

.ILM...
NC...NONE.
SC...NONE.

JAQ

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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