Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 11:19 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 26 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 19, 2002, 11:19 PM EDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2002, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Onslow County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -193 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1271 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 KMHX 200319 SVRMHX NCC133-200345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 1120 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 1145 PM EDT * AT 1118 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF DIXON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HOLLY RIDGE...AND...FOLKSTONE AT 1135 PM EDT. NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH AT 1145 PM EDT. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ LAT...LON 3469 7752 3461 7772 3432 7757 3442 7732 15
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 19, 9:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 9:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 955 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY CURRENTLY DYING ALONG COAST AND NO SIGNS OF ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY OVERNIGHT. AREA STABILIZED FROM EVENING ACTIVITY AND SHORT WAVE MOVING OFF COAST...AND LATEST MESO MODELS SUPPORT SO FEEL CONFIDENT IN REMOVING POPS FOR OVERNIGHT. WILL GO WITH DECREASING CLOUDS FOR SKY COVER AND ADD MENTION OF PATCHY FOG. MIN TEMPS IN UPPER 60S LOOK ON TRACK. CWF: VRBL WINDS EXPECTED FOR BRIEF PERIOD NEXT 1-2 HOURS DUE TO CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MOVING OFF COAST...THEN SHOULD SEE RETURN TO SW 15-20 KTS. .MHX...NONE JBM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 19, 5:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
545 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0526 PM POLLOCKSVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02 JONES REPORTED BY
SPOTTERSSpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 6:40 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before
NCZ029-044-045-079-080-091-093-192345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 640 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT...MARTIN...WASHINGTON... CRAVEN...GREENE...LENOIR AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT... AT 640 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 24 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSTON TO 43 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WILLIAMSTON AT 650 PM EDT...PLYMOUTH AT 735 PM EDT...SNOW HILL AT 745 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE GREENVILLE...KINSTON AND WASHINGTON. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JBM
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 7:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
NCZ046-047-080-081-090>094-098-103-200045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 748 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW...MAINLAND HYDE... CRAVEN...LENOIR...JONES...DUPLIN...PAMLICO...BEAUFORT...MAINLAND DARE...OUTER BANKS DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM EDT... AT 745 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 17 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANNS HARBOR TO 23 MILES WEST OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR JASPER AT 750 PM EDT...SLADESVILLE AT 755 PM EDT...POTTERS HILL AT 800 PM EDT... MASHOES AT 805 PM EDT...TRENTON AT 810 PM EDT...MAGNOLIA AT 815 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE BAYBORO... BEULAVILLE...ENGELHARD...KENANSVILLE...MANTEO...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN AND SWANQUARTER. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF DEADLY LIGHTNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JBM
Local storm report, Apr 19, 9:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
940 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0748 PM ALLIGATOR RIVER BRIDGE NC 68 MPH TSTM WIND GUST
04/19/02 TYRRELL REPORTED BY BRIDGE TENDERSpecial weather statement, Apr 19, 10:39 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
NCZ098-200330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 1039 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002 ...STRONG STORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM EDT... AT 1038 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 20 MILES WEST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR HAWS RUN AT 1105 PM EDT...VERONA AT 1125 PM EDT...DIXON AT 1130 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE FOLKSTONE...HOLLY RIDGE...NEW RIVER AIR STATION AND SNEADS FERRY. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. MC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 8:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 64 min | |
| Apr 19, 8:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.