Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2002, 7:53 PM EDT for Craven County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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
- Aug 24, 2002, 7:53 PM EDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 24, 2002, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Craven County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 M | New Bern, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 862 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1662 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
828 WUUS52 KMHX 242353 SVRMHX NCC049-250030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 753 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CRAVEN COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 830 PM EDT * AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER ERNUL...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF NEW BERN...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEW BERN AT 800 PM EDT. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. 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. $$ 11
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 Aug 24, 2:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 2:39 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 239 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 SFC TROF INLAND TO MV TO THE COAST TONIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME...SHRA AND TSRA DVLPG TO OUR N AND NW EXPECTED TO MV INTO AT LEAST OUR NRN CWA. AS THE BNDRY AND WEAK UPR VORT MVS EAST TNGT...ACTIVITY TO OUR N MAY LATER MV OR DVLP TOWARD THE COAST. WL FORECAST 40 POPS AND CALL IT SCTTRD COVERAGE TNGT (BULK OF ACTIVITY EVENING HOURS). BNDRY WEAKENS ALONG THE COAST ON SUN...AND SO DOES CONVERGENCE AS PGRAD WEAKENS. INLAND...DRIER AIR ADVECTS FRM THE NW BEHIND THE BNDRY...SO THAT SHUD TAKE THE EDGE OFF THE HEAT/HUMIDITY WEVE SEEN THE PAST 2 DAYS. ATTM IT APPEARS HEAT ADVISORY WILL NOT BE NEEDED FOR SUN GIVEN SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPS AND DWPTS WHICH DECREASE 2-5 DEGREES. THE PROXIMITY OF THE BNDRY NORMALLY WARRANTS A CHANCE POP...BUT GIVEN THE WEAK FLOW/CONVERGENCE...WL ONLY INCLUDE A 10-20 POP SUN/SUN NIGHT...HIGHEST ALONG THE COAST NEARER THE BNDRY. BY MON...A 5H CLOSED LOW MVS ACROSS AND JUST S THE OH RVR VLY. BY 18Z MON DEEP LAYER FLOW BECOMES ONSHORE WITH PWAT ON THE INCRS. THE BEST CHNC FOR RAIN NOW APPEARS MON EVE/NIGHT INTO TUE AS THE BNDRY MVS NORTH THRU THE AREA. WE WOULD HAVE AN EVEN BETTER CHANCE FOR PROLONGED RAIN IF THE UPR LOW WAS A LITTLE CLOSER TO US...HOWEVER LATEST PROGS NOW RETROGRADE THE LOW W AND THE UPR RIDGE OFFSHORE BUILDS WEST TOWARD OUR AREA. WL DECREASE POPS WED/THU...AND REMOVE POPS FOR FRI/SAT AS URP RIDGE BUILDS WESTWARD. MARINE...ALBEIT MARGINAL WILL GO WITH SCA FOR WATERS FROM OCRACOKE INLET N TONIGHT AS GRADIENT TIGHTENS PLUS VORT MOVING THROUGH THE REGION. WILL SEPARATE SOUNDS AND INCLUDE PAMLICO IN SCA ALTHOUGH MAINLY E PART WILL HAVE SCA WINDS. S OF OCRACOKE WILL GO WITH SCSEC. WINDS DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AND DO NOT EXPECT WINDS GREATER THAN 15 KT SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. GRADIENT TIGHTENS AGAIN TUE WITH S FLOW AFTER WARM FRONT MOVES N. RIP CURRENT...WITH OFFSHORE WINDS TOMORROW EXPECT LOW THREAT. .MHX...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FOR N OF OCRACOKE INLET AND PAMLICO SOUND. NP/WS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
NCZ029-044-079-242300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 557 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT...MARTIN AND GREENE COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EDT... AT 557 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSTON TO 28 MILES WEST OF GREENVILLE...OR FROM 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLIAMSTON TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF WILSON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR GREENVILLE AT 615 PM EDT. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE STORMS ARE 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. CTC
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NCZ046-047-103-250000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 653 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT MAINLAND DARE...OUTER BANKS DARE AND TYRRELL COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT... AT 653 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM KILL DEVIL HILLS TO 11 MILES WEST OF COLUMBIA...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR NAGS HEAD AT 715 PM EDT. OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE MANNS HARBOR AND MANTEO. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 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. CTC
Special weather statement, Aug 24, 7:18 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
NCZ045-080-104-250015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC 718 PM EDT SAT AUG 24 2002 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT OUTER BANKS HYDE...WASHINGTON AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EDT... AT 718 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 19 MILES NORTH OF BELHAVEN TO 38 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELHAVEN...OR FROM 14 MILES EAST OF PLYMOUTH TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW BERN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR BELHAVEN AT 725 PM EDT. 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. CTC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | MHX | 43 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.