Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2002, 2:16 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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 10, 2002, 2:16 PM EDT (18:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2002, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pitt County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Greenville, 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 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
280 WUUS52 KMHX 101816 SVRMHX NCC147-101845- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...FOR WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 216 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... PITT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 245 PM EDT * AT 216 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER GREENVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SIMPSON AT 225 PM EDT. GRIMESLAND AT 235 PM EDT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE OR IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD MOVE TO A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER... INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ 14
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 10, 11:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 11:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 1110 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 12Z MHX SOUNDING SHOWS INCREASED MOISTURE (1.99 PW) AND INDICES ARE REFLECTING INCREASED INSTABILITY. COLD FRONT...NOW THROUGH CEN VA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTH...AND MOVE INTO AND THROUGH NC THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT. MODELS DONT AGREE ON TIMING OF FROPA...WITH ETA THE MORE PROGRESSIVE. LEANING TOWARD AVN SOLUTION...WITH FROPA THRU MHX ABOUT 12Z THU. CURRENT PRECIP IS CONFINED TO THE NE CORNER OF THE STATE. MAJOR CHANGES NOT REQUIRED TO ZFP....WILL ADDRESS AFTERNOON WORDING AND EMPHASIZE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TSTMS LATER TODAY. ...FROM PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... AFT FROPA DCNT SFC RDG BLDS OVR AREA THU. THEN FRNT STARTS TO MV BACK N FRI AFTN AND BCMS MR N/S ORIENTED AS ANTHR WV FORMS ON IT. THIS IN EFFECT WL KP FRONT OVR AREA INTO EARLY NXT WK AS UPR LO THAT IS TRYING TO CUT OFF FROM MAIN SYS MEANDERS ARND TO OUR W AND BERMUDA HIGH TRIES TO BLD BACK IN TO OUR S. CWF...MAIN CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WILL BE TO DROP SCA FOR THE NRN WATERS AND SOUNDS TO SCEC. WINDS AND SEAS ARE BELOW ADVY LEVELS AND CONSENSUS OF MODELS IS TO DECREASE FLOW TO 15 TO 20 KT IN REGION OF WEAKER P-GRAD ASCTD WITH DEVELOPING WEAK FRONTAL WAVE LATER TODAY. ACROSS THE SRN WATERS NOT SO CLEAR CUT. FPSN HAS BEEN BELOW SCA CONDITIONS BUT RECEIVED A REPORT FROM THE WOOTEN AT THE MONITOR RECOVERY AREA (SE OF DSNL) OF 25-30 KT AND 5-6 FOOT SEAS. THIS MATCHES UP WITH REPORTED WIND SPEEDS FROM DSNL OFF THE WEB. IN ADDITION 06Z MESO-ETA AND THE 06Z AVN ALL SHOW AN INC IN PREFRONTAL SW FLOW S OF HAT...ESP THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO FALLING SFC PRES INLAND WITH DEVELOPING LOW. THUS WILL KEEP SCA FOR THE WATERS S OF HAT INTACT DESPITE LACK OF STRONG SUPPORT IN THE LIMITED OBS NETWORK. STILL SIG DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF FROPA BUT THERE IS AGREEMENT IN A PRETTY GOOD SURGE OF NE FLOW TO SCA LEVELS FOLLOWING THE FRONT. .MHX...SCA S OF CAPE HATTERAS. PRINGLE/ELARDO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 10:20 AM EDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-102100- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 1020 AM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION FROM THE NORTH LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE AND HEATING WILL ACT TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE...AND BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SKYWARN SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AS ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY. KEEP ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THREATENING WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. IF YOU BEGIN TO HEAR THUNDER...THAT IS THE TIME TO CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AND INFORMATION...OR TUNE TO LOCAL MEDIA TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER TRENDS. 18
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
NCZ044-091-101830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 150 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT AND LENOIR COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM EDT... AT 150 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 6 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE TO MOSS HILL...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GREENVILLE AT 155 PM EDT...KINSTON AT 200 PM EDT.. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JO
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:58 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
NCZ090-101900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 158 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DUPLIN COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM EDT... AT 158 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF WARSAW...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WARSAW AT 205 PM EDT...KENANSVILLE AT 220 PM EDT...KORNEGAY AT 235 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE ALBERTSON...BEULAVILLE...BOWDENS...CHINQUAPIN...GREENEVERS AND MAGNOLIA. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THE WEATHER SITUATION ACROSS THE AREA. JO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 45 min | |
| Jul 10, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 2:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 3:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Jones | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 30 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pamlico | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 4:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 4:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 36 min | |
| Jul 10, 4:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 55 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 52 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 20 min | |
| Jul 10, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 47 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.