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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 489

July 3, 20025 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 3, 2002, 2:00 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2002, 2:00 PM EDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 110 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, Cleveland County, NC, Davidson County, NC, Davie County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Gaston 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, 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, Union County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Cherokee County, SC, York County, SC, Carter County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN, Albemarle County, VA, Alleghany County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Appomattox County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Bath County, VA, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Botetourt County, VA, Buckingham County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Bristol, VA, City of Buena Vista, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Covington, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Lexington, VA, City of Lynchburg, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Craig County, VA, Cumberland County, VA, Floyd County, VA, Fluvanna County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Goochland County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greene County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Highland County, VA, Louisa County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Prince Edward County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Smyth County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Tazewell County, VA, Washington County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Greenbrier County, WV, Mercer County, WV, Monroe County, WV, Nicholas County, WV, Pocahontas County, WV, Raleigh County, WV, Summers County, WV

Warnings issued inside it

50 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 2:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll28 min
Jul 3, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox, Campbell37 min
Jul 3, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXCarter48 min
Jul 3, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAmherst28 min
Jul 3, 2:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXWashington3 hr
Jul 3, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll, City of Galax50 min
Jul 3, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBedford31 min
Jul 3, 3:01 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningMRXJohnson3 hr
Jul 3, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGreenbrier35 min
Jul 3, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPittsylvania34 min
Jul 3, 3:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXUnicoi, Washington62 min
Jul 3, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAppomattox30 min
Jul 3, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin43 min
Jul 3, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFranklin42 min
Jul 3, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlleghany, City of Covington26 min
Jul 3, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan38 min
Jul 3, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville52 min
Jul 3, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCarroll31 min
Jul 3, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKHenry, Pittsylvania, City of Danville, City of Martinsville45 min
Jul 3, 3:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington43 min
Jul 3, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKBotetourt52 min
Jul 3, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHForsyth32 min
Jul 3, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWythe29 min
Jul 3, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXSullivan, Washington45 min
Jul 3, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKWatauga23 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKFloyd34 min
Jul 3, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPChester, York63 min
Jul 3, 4:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig30 min
Jul 3, 4:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMRXWashington39 min
Jul 3, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRoanoke, Wythe, City of Roanoke, City of Salem33 min
Jul 3, 5:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPatrick26 min
Jul 3, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery38 min
Jul 3, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford20 min
Jul 3, 5:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCraig29 min
Jul 3, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPulaski, City of Radford23 min
Jul 3, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRoanoke, City of Roanoke, City of Salem34 min
Jul 3, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKTazewell25 min
Jul 3, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGiles, Pulaski22 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKMontgomery2 hr
Jul 3, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMontgomery48 min
Jul 3, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg57 min
Jul 3, 5:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKTazewell115 min
Jul 3, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKPulaski, Tazewell29 min
Jul 3, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCabarrus57 min
Jul 3, 6:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningRNKGiles2 hr
Jul 3, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKMercer, Summers49 min
Jul 3, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPMecklenburg58 min
Jul 3, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland, Gaston65 min
Jul 3, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPLincoln57 min
Jul 3, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGSPCleveland62 min

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 429 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
429 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-175 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1263 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.