Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 496
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 5, 2002, 2:15 PM EDT for 38 counties in North Carolina; 36 counties in Virginia; Mercer County, West Virginia. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 2002, 2:15 PM EDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2002, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 75 counties
Alamance County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Camden County, NC, Caswell County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Davie County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Forsyth County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Guilford County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Orange County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes County, NC, Surry County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Bedford County, VA, Bland County, VA, Brunswick County, VA, Campbell County, VA, Carroll County, VA, Charlotte County, VA, City of Chesapeake, VA, City of Danville, VA, City of Emporia, VA, City of Franklin, VA, City of Galax, VA, City of Martinsville, VA, City of Portsmouth, VA, City of Radford, VA, City of Roanoke, VA, City of Salem, VA, City of Suffolk, VA, City of Virginia Beach, VA, Floyd County, VA, Franklin County, VA, Giles County, VA, Grayson County, VA, Greensville County, VA, Halifax County, VA, Henry County, VA, Isle of Wight County, VA, Lunenburg County, VA, Mecklenburg County, VA, Montgomery County, VA, Patrick County, VA, Pittsylvania County, VA, Pulaski County, VA, Roanoke County, VA, Southampton County, VA, Sussex County, VA, Wythe County, VA, Mercer County, WV
The radar
The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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Warnings issued inside it
15 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Roanoke, City of Roanoke | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 3:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Bedford, Franklin | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Alleghany | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Halifax | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 6:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax, Nash | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 7:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 7:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 7:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wilson | 66 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1258 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Virginia, 2002Severe Thunderstorm Watches in West Virginia, 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.