Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 43
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 26, 2002, 1:00 PM EST for 6 counties in Georgia; 28 counties in North Carolina; 22 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2002, 1:00 PM EST (18:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2002, 6:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties
Columbia County, GA, Glascock County, GA, Lincoln County, GA, McDuffie County, GA, Richmond County, GA, Warren County, GA, Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Anson County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Cabarrus County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Randolph County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Rowan County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Stanly County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Union County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Abbeville County, SC, Aiken County, SC, Bamberg County, SC, Barnwell County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Cherokee County, SC, Chester County, SC, Edgefield County, SC, Fairfield County, SC, Greenwood County, SC, Kershaw County, SC, Lancaster County, SC, Laurens County, SC, Lexington County, SC, McCormick County, SC, Newberry County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Saluda County, SC, Spartanburg County, SC, Union County, SC, York County, SC
The radar
The Columbia radar (KCAE), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 4:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CAE | Orangeburg | 23 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Georgia, 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.