Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2002, 3:15 PM EST for Richmond County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 min. 2 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
- Mar 16, 2002, 3:15 PM EST (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2002, 3:45 PM EST
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Richmond County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:30 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 E | Steen Town, NC | Trees were blown down and outbuildings were damaged from the intersection of Old Peggymill Road and Colesville Road to the Scotland County line. |
| Mar 16, 3:40 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 60 E | Countywide, NC | Old Wire Road, McFarland Road, and Scotch Grove Road were blocked by fallen trees. At Hwy 501 and Scotch Grove Road, three homes were damaged and several agricultural buildings and vehicles were destroyed. Several mobile homes were blown off their foundations |
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KRAH 162015 SVRRAH NCC153-165-162045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 313 PM EST SAT MAR 16 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN RICHMOND COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 345 PM EST * AT 313 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF DOBBINS HEIGHTS...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF HAMLET...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... DOBBINS HEIGHTS HAMLET LAURINBURG THE MAIN THREAT WITH THIS STORM IS DIME SIZE HAIL OR LARGER. THE HAIL MAY CAUSE SOME VEHICLE OR ROOF DAMAGE. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...GO INDOORS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. $$ DGS
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.