Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 31, 2002, 1:02 PM EST for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- Mar 31, 2002, 1:02 PM EST (18:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2002, 1:45 PM EST
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:10 PM EST | Hail 1.75 | Fayetteville, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 1:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS52 KRAH 311802 SVRRAH NCC051-311845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 102 PM EST SUN MAR 31 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 145 PM EST * AT 102 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT BRAGG...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF RAEFORD...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... POPE AFB FORT BRAGG FAYETTEVILLE THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 12:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 17 min |
| Mar 31, 2:00 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 2:26 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 2:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wayne | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 2:34 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Sampson | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 2:50 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:04 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 3:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 62 min |
| Mar 31, 3:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 4:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 22 min |
| Mar 31, 4:15 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 30 min |
| Mar 31, 4:48 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Lee | 27 min |
| Mar 31, 5:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 6:20 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 85 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.