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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 5, 2002Jones County, North Carolina

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 8:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 62 MTrenton, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2002-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1419 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2002-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

$$

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPitt67 min
Jul 5, 8:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin65 min
Jul 5, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXOnslow58 min
Jul 5, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCarteret53 min
Jul 5, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX67 min
Jul 5, 10:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningMHX91 min
Jul 5, 11:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMHXLenoir119 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.