Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2002, 8:29 PM EDT for Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 5, 2002, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2002, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 62 M | Trenton, NC |
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 nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1419 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
069 WUUS52 KMHX 060029 SVRMHX NCC103-060130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 829 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... JONES COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 930 PM EDT * AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PHILLIPS CROSSROADS...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRENTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... TRENTON AT 835 PM EDT. POLLOCKSVILLE AT 850 PM EDT. MAYSVILLE AT 855 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE COMFORT AND WYSE FORK. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PUT YOUR CAR IN A GARAGE AND MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PREPARE TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM...IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ 17
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 Jul 5, 2:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 230 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 OVERVIEW: LEADING EDGE OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY APPROACHING THE ALBEMARLE SOUND. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AIRMASS IS OPPRESSIVE AS OUR HEAT INDICES HAVE BEEN IN THE 105 TO 110 DEGREE RANGE WITH TEMPS IN THE LOW/MIDDLE 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S. INSTABILITY IS IMPRESSIVE WITH LAPS/MSAS FIELDS INDICATING LIS AS LOW AS -10 WITH CAPES NEAR 4000 J/KG. EXPECT SOME CONVECTIVE INITIATION AHEAD OF FRONT THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE CURRENT 40 PCT POP WILL PROBABLY COVER THE ACTIVITY WELL. COULD CERTAINLY SEE SOME SVR GIVEN THE INSTABILITY. SHORT TERM: FOLLOWING THE SCT TSTMS WITH THE FROPA TONIGHT...EXPECT A MUCH MORE PLEASANT AIRMASS TO ENSUE FOR THE WEEKEND AS STRONG HIGH PRES OVER THE GREAT LAKES RIDGES DOWN THE EAST COAST. DEWPOINTS WILL DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 60S ON SATURDAY WITH TEMPS ABOUT 10 DEG COOLER. EXTENDED: BERMUDA HIGH PRES PATTERN SETS UP FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH SOME WEAK RIPPLES IN A VERY WEAK UPPER FLOW PATTERN. NEXT CHC OF PRECIP LATE DURING NEXT WEEK AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY DIVES SOUTH WED THRU FRI. MARINE: AT 17Z...TROF WAS LOCATED INLAND WITH FRNTL BNDRY FARTHER N ACROSS THE NC/VA BORDER. ETA/AVN STILL SHOWING DIFFS IN TIMING ACTUAL FRNTL BNDRY WIND SHIFT...WITH THE AVN BEING SLIGHTLY FASTER THAN ETA. THE MAIN DIFFS ARE AROUND 00Z THIS EVENING...BUT WITH PASSAGE OF ANTICIPATED LATE AFTERNOON TSTMS...WL LEAN CLOSER TO AVN AND SHIFT WINDS TO N AS FAR SOUTH AS CLKN7 BETWEEN 00-04Z. NE WINDS THROUGHOUT ALL WTRS BY 12Z SAT...FOLLOWED BY BRIEF WEAK N-NE 15 KT SURGE SAT MORN THRU EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS WL REMAIN BLO SCA CRITERIA. OTHRWS...FVRBL CONDITIONS WITH NO FLAGS THRU MID TUE WITH RIDGE BUILDING IN. .MHX...SVR TSTM WATCH UNTIL 00Z FOR NCZ029-044>047-079>081 FCSTID = 11/17 MHX 73 85 65 88 / 40 00 00 00 EWN 73 85 65 88 / 40 00 00 00 HSE 73 83 69 84 / 40 00 00 00 PGV 72 86 66 89 / 40 00 00 00 PUBLIC/FIRE...COLLINS MARINE/AVIATION...PETRO
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
653 PM EDT FRI JUL 05 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM FORT BARNWELL NC 0.75 IN HAIL
07/05/02 CRAVEN PUBLIC REPORT.Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NCZ093-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 729 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CRAVEN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 729 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEW BERN...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR CAYTON AT 735 PM EDT...ERNUL AT 740 PM EDT...BRIDGETON AT 755 PM EDT...NEW BERN AT 800 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE JAMES CITY AND TUSCARORA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. NP
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:32 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
NCZ090-060100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 732 PM EDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DUPLIN COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT... AT 732 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 6 MILES NORTH OF KENANSVILLE...MOVING SOUTH AT 40 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GREENEVERS...AND...ROSE HILL AT 750 PM EDT...TEACHEY AT 755 PM EDT...WALLACE AT 800 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE MAGNOLIA AND KENANSVILLE. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. NP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 8:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 65 min |
| Jul 5, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Carteret | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 67 min | |
| Jul 5, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 91 min | |
| Jul 5, 11:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 119 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.