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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 6, 2002Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2002, 8:36 PM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 6, 2002, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2002, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Wilson County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 6, 8:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50 ESims, NCTrees and powerlines were blown down along US 264.

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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 392 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 2002-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
769 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 KRAH 070036
SVRRAH
NCC195-070130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
836 PM EDT THU JUN 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WILSON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 836 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES WEST OF WILSON...OR ABOUT 10 MILES
  EAST OF LINWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  SIMS
  WILSON
  ELM CITY

DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS STORM. SEEK
SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

$$

DGS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax45 min
Jun 6, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Moore36 min
Jun 6, 8:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax30 min
Jun 6, 10:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke14 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.