Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 31, 2002Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 1:02 PM EST for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2002, 1:02 PM EST (18:02 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2002, 2:00 PM EST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Robeson County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 31, 1:35 PM EST	Thunderstorm Wind 52 E	Lumber Bridge, NC	Public reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 31, 1:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS52 KILM 311802
SVRILM
NCC155-311900-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
102 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 200 PM EST

* AT 102 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS NEAR
  MAXTON...OR ABOUT 7 MILES EAST OF LAURINBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
   PEMBROKE AT 115 PM
   RED SPRINGS AT 135 PM
   ST. PAULS AT 200 PM

HAIL THE SIZE OF GOLFBALLS OR LARGER... 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.

.END

$$

SRP

LAT...LON 3475 7952 3466 7941 3462 7937 3465 7912
          3482 7892 3492 7897 3495 7903 3483 7928

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 31, 2:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	38 min
Mar 31, 3:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	45 min
Mar 31, 3:37 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	53 min
Mar 31, 4:16 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	59 min
Mar 31, 4:31 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	59 min
Mar 31, 5:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	61 min

Nearby

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

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.