Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2002, 4:15 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. 3 reports 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, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2002, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 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 20:17 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 10, 4:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Haw Branch, NC | |
| Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 62 E | Camp Lejeune, NC | Thunderstorm winds around 70 mph blew down numerous trees on Camp Lejeune, one of which totaled a truck. Flying debris damaged several other vehicles. |
| Jul 10, 5:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 62 E | Piney Green, NC | Severe thunderstorm winds ripped the siding off of several homes in Piney Green. |
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, 8.3 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
- 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.
532 WUUS52 KMHX 102015 SVRMHX NCC133-102100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 415 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ONSLOW COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 500 PM EDT * AT 415 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF HAWS RUN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JACKSONVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HAWS RUN AT 425 PM EDT. VERONA...AND...NEW RIVER AIR STATION AT 435 PM EDT. JACKSONVILLE AT 440 PM EDT. CAMP LEJEUNE AT 445 PM EDT. PINEY GREEN AT 450 PM EDT. HUBERT AT 500 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DIXON AND HAMMOCKS BEACH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. EXCESSIVE DEADLY LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER. IF OUTDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM TALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TREES. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. AVOID USING TELEPHONES UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. $$ LAT...LON 3475 7778 3457 7775 3461 7706 3485 7710 8
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, 3:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 355 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 OVERVIEW: MOISTURE (12Z PW 1.99) AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE...AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION. MODELS ARE COMING INTO CLOSER AGREEMENT WITH MOVEMENT OF THE FRONT THROUGH THE AREA. EXPECT EARLY MORNING FROPA AT MHX. VIL OF THE DAY 60-65...HOWEVER MAIN TSTM THREAT APPEARS TO BE STRONG GUSTS WITH WET MICROBURSTS TODAY. SHORT TERM: FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NEAR NC/SC BORDER AND STALL... KEEPING THE CHANCE OF PRECIP IN THE FCST THROUGH FRI. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CONSIDERABLY COOLER AND BELOW NORMAL VALUES. WILL KEEP CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE. EXTENDED: FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. WEAK WAVES ALONG THE FRONT WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN FCST. MON THRU WED THE UPPER TROF WILL WEAKEN WITH RIDGING MOVING INTO THE FCST AREA. THIS WILL WEAKEN THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND REDUCE THE CHANCES OF PRECIP. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO RETURN TO NEAR SEASONAL NORM. MARINE: WILL CONTINUE SCA FOR SRN WATERS AS NAVY VESSEL AT THE MONITOR RESERVE SE OF DSNL WAS REPORTING SUSTAINED 30 KT WINDS AND 6 FOOT SEAS. MODEL WINDS ALSO SHOW A SLGT INC IN RESPONSE TO A WEAK FRONTAL WAVE DEVELOPING INLAND THIS EVENING. AVN HAS CLOSER TO ETA WITH FASTER SWRD MOVEMENT OF FRONT LATE TONIGHT AIDED BY 1029 MB HIGH AND CONVECTIVELY INDUCED COOL POOL. STILL EXPECTING DECENT NE 25 KT POST FRONTAL SURGE ALL WATERS ON THU INTO THU NIGHT AS HIGH NOSES IN FROM THE N ACCOMPANIED BY CAA OVER WARMER SHELF WATERS. LESS AMPLIFICATION MEANS FRONT WILL REMAIN S OF THE WATERS WITH A PERSISTENT BUT DIMINISHING NE/E FLOW DAYS 3-5. MHX...SCA S OF HAT. FCSTID = 18/08 PRINGLE/ELARDO
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 1:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 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
Local storm report, Jul 10, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
218 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM HOOKERTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 GREENE SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
HOOKERTON REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER.Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
NCZ091-101915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 240 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT LENOIR COUNTY UNTIL 315 PM EDT... AT 240 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LA GRANGE... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR KINSTON AT 300 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE DAWSON...GRANGERS AND MOSS HILL. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH 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. MC
Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:19 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
319 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM HOOKERTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 GREENE SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
HOOKERTON REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0230 PM GREENVILLE NC 0.75 IN HAIL
07/10/02 PITT REPORTED BY PITT COUNTY
911.Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:31 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
331 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM HOOKERTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 GREENE SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
HOOKERTON REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0220 PM 4W ALBERTSON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 DUPLIN *** 3 INJ ***
MOBILE HOME AND CAMPER
OVERTURNED ON SCOTT STORE
ROAD.
0230 PM GREENVILLE NC 0.75 IN HAIL
07/10/02 PITT REPORTED BY PITT COUNTY
911.Local storm report, Jul 10, 3:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
340 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0200 PM HOOKERTON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 GREENE SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN
HOOKERTON REPORTED BY
SKYWARN SPOTTER.
0220 PM 4W ALBERTSON NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 DUPLIN *** 3 INJ ***
MOBILE HOME AND CAMPER
OVERTURNED ON SCOTT STORE
ROAD.
0230 PM GREENVILLE NC 0.75 IN HAIL
07/10/02 PITT REPORTED BY PITT COUNTY
911.
0305 PM PINETOWN NC WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 BEAUFORT TREES DOWN WITH 60 TO 70
MPH WINDS. REPORTED BY
BEAUFORT COUNTY 911.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, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 29 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, 4:24 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.