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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

April 19, 2002Beaufort County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 19, 2002, 6:55 PM EDT for Beaufort County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2002, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Beaufort County, NC

The radar

The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 62 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 88 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
62 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-247 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 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.

000 
WUUS52 KMHX 192255
SVRMHX
NCC013-192345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
652 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BEAUFORT COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 745 PM EDT

* AT 652 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER TERRA CEIA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF    
  BELHAVEN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS 
  WERE NEAR WASHINGTON AND AURORA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
   BATH AT 655 PM EDT.
   BAYVIEW...RANSOMVILLE AND WASHINGTON AT 700 PM EDT.

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 3568 7664 3562 7700 3542 7719 3521 7686
          3534 7641

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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 Apr 19, 6:44 PM EDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:44 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...ROUTINE DELAYED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
130 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

MODELS ARE PRETTY SIMILAR IN DEVELOPING A SFC LOW OVER SE VA TOMORROW
AND MOVING OFF THE COAST LATE. FRONT WILL MAKE ITS WAY S SAT NIGHT
THEN BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY JUST S OF OUR CWA SUNDAY. THEN AIR MASS
CHANGING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH MONDAY. MULTIPLE VORT MAXES
MOVING THRU THE REGION PRIOR TO THE COLD FRONT MOVING THRU MONDAY
WILL MAKE TIMING OF PCPN VERY DIFFICULT BUT IT LOOKS LIKE BEST
CHANCE WILL BE LATE TOMORROW INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. THEN AGAIN LATE
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE COLD
FRONT.

H85 THETA-E RIDGE MOVES INTO OUR CWA AFTER 00Z TONIGHT AND ALL THE
WAY TO THE COAST BY 12Z SAT SO WILL MAINTAIN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
TSTMS FOR TONIGHT. ANOTHER THETA-E RIDGE MOVES OVER OUR CWA SUNDAY
EVENING.

TEMPS...FWC CONTINUES TO RULE.

EXTENDED...AFTER COLD FRONT MOVES THRU MONDAY NOT MUCH CHANCE OF PCPN
UNTIL THU NIGHT INTO FRI AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES THRU BUT THIS
ONE WILL NOT TAP INTO GULF MOISTURE SO JUST SLIGHT CHANCE. BACK TO
MORE SPRINGLIKE TEMPERATURE WITH LOWS BACK INTO THE 40S INLAND AND
HIGHS AROUND 60-65 TUE...65-70 WED...UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S THU &
FRI.

.MHX...NONE

WS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 19, 4:36 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
NCZ090-092-093-098-192130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
436 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT ONSLOW...JONES...CRAVEN AND
DUPLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM EDT...

AT 436 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 11 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF TRENTON TO 8 MILES EAST OF WALLACE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR TRENTON AT 455 PM EDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE JACKSONVILLE AND
NEW BERN.

WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND SMALL HAIL 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.

CTC
Local storm report, Apr 19, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
545 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0526 PM    POLLOCKSVILLE             NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/19/02   JONES                          REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS
Special weather statement, Apr 19, 6:40 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
NCZ029-044-045-079-080-091-093-192345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
640 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT PITT...MARTIN...WASHINGTON...
CRAVEN...GREENE...LENOIR AND BEAUFORT COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT...

AT 640 PM EDT...THERE WERE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 24 MILES NORTH
OF WILLIAMSTON TO 43 MILES WEST OF LA GRANGE...MOVING EAST AT 20
MPH. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR WILLIAMSTON AT 650 PM
EDT...PLYMOUTH AT 735 PM EDT...SNOW HILL AT 745 PM EDT. OTHER
LOCATIONS TO BE AFFECTED BY THE STORMS INCLUDE GREENVILLE...KINSTON
AND WASHINGTON.

WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND
LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS SHOULD SLOW DOWN ON
AREA ROADWAYS TO AVOID HYDROPLANING. 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.

JBM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin25 min
Apr 19, 5:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXJones20 min
Apr 19, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXDuplin36 min
Apr 19, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXTyrrell22 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.