Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 3:00 PM EST for Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Robeson County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 3:15 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | St Pauls, NC | Retired school principal reported dime size hail. |
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, 8.0 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KILM 312000
SVRILM
NCC155-312045-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
300 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 345 PM EST
* AT 258 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER BARKER
TEN MILE...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LUMBERTON...MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
ST. PAULS AT 315 PM
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.
.END
$$
SRP
LAT...LON 3471 7915 3458 7900 3469 7882 3480 7889
3491 7900The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 2:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 38 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
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.