Alert archive / Virginia / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 301
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at May 13, 2002, 3:00 PM EDT for 45 counties in North Carolina; Carter County, Johnson County, Unicoi County, Tennessee; 60 counties in Virginia. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2002, 3:00 PM EDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 108 counties
Alamance County, NC, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Orange County, NC, Person County, NC, Polk County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Vance County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Amelia County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charles City County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, Chesterfield County, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Colonial Heights, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Hopewell, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Petersburg, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Richmond, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, Craig County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Dinwiddie County, VA, Essex County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Hanover County, VA, Henrico County, VA, Henry County, VA, James City County, VA, King and Queen County, VA, King William County, VA, Lancaster County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Middlesex County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, New Kent County, VA, Northumberland County, VA, Nottoway County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Powhatan County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Prince George County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Richmond County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Wythe County, VA
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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.
Warnings issued inside it
33 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 3:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Hanover | 40 min |
| May 13, 3:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Graham, Jackson, Macon, Swain | 56 min |
| May 13, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Haywood, Madison | 54 min |
| May 13, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Caroline, King and Queen, King William | 28 min |
| May 13, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Essex, Richmond, Westmoreland | 46 min |
| May 13, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Henderson | 47 min |
| May 13, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland, Rutherford | 41 min |
| May 13, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Polk | 30 min |
| May 13, 4:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Catawba, Iredell | 39 min |
| May 13, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 13, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cleveland | 32 min |
| May 13, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Henry, City of Martinsville | 46 min |
| May 13, 5:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Davie, Iredell, Rowan | 49 min |
| May 13, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| May 13, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 52 min |
| May 13, 5:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 34 min |
| May 13, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Gaston | 48 min |
| May 13, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 43 min |
| May 13, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 36 min |
| May 13, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 51 min |
| May 13, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| May 13, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Rowan | 29 min |
| May 13, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 25 min |
| May 13, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 22 min |
| May 13, 6:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Prince Edward | 32 min |
| May 13, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 40 min |
| May 13, 6:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Stanly | 31 min |
| May 13, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 44 min |
| May 13, 7:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Brunswick, Lunenburg | 38 min |
| May 13, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Granville | 26 min |
| May 13, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 32 min |
| May 13, 7:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland | 30 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 746 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 10:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 27 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Scotland | 5 hr |
| May 13, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alamance, Anson, Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Caswell and 39 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bladen, Brunswick, Columbus, New Hanover, Onslow, Pender and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 12, 11:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lake | 4 hr |
| May 13, 2:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 5:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 63 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 1:30 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Albemarle, Arlington, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 2002Every severe thunderstorm watch 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.