Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Watches in 2002
Tornado Watch 762
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Nov 11, 2002, 10:00 AM EST for 28 counties in North Carolina; Horry County, Marion County, Williamsburg County, South Carolina. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 11, 2002, 10:00 AM EST (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 11, 2002, 3:00 PM EST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Greene County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, New Hanover County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 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
16 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 10:19 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 41 min |
| Nov 11, 10:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 40 min |
| Nov 11, 10:49 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 26 min |
| Nov 11, 10:52 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 38 min |
| Nov 11, 10:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 62 min |
| Nov 11, 10:58 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 32 min |
| Nov 11, 11:11 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 49 min |
| Nov 11, 11:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 12 min |
| Nov 11, 11:18 AM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 12 min |
| Nov 11, 11:33 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 57 min |
| Nov 11, 11:35 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 55 min |
| Nov 11, 11:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven, Duplin, Jones, Onslow | 63 min |
| Nov 11, 12:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 43 min |
| Nov 11, 12:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 47 min |
| Nov 11, 12:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 31 min |
| Nov 11, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck | 49 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS20 KWNS 111501 SEL2 SPC WW 111500 NCZ000-SCZ000-CWZ000-112000- URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 762 STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1000 AM EST MON NOV 11 2002 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE OUTER BANKS NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS EFFECTIVE THIS MONDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON FROM 1000 AM UNTIL 300 PM EST. TORNADOES...HAIL TO 1 INCH IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 60 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST OF A LINE FROM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA TO 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. OTHER WATCH INFORMATION... CONTINUE...WW 758...WW 759...WW 760...WW 761... DISCUSSION...SQUALL LINE WITH EMBEDDED LARGE SCALE BOW ECHOES WILL MOVE ENEWD AT 45-50 KT ACROSS NE SC AND ERN NC THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH A CONTINUED THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...BOUNDARY LAYER DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 70S AND STRONG LOW-LEVEL WIND FIELDS MAY ALSO SUPPORT A COUPLE OF TORNADOES. AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 1 INCH...EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 60 KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 450. MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 25045. ...THOMPSON 363,0744 332,0780 332,0801 363,0765
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 10:45 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, Macon and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 1:10 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 5:40 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Robeson, Scotland | 5 hr |
| Nov 11, 6:35 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alamance, Cabarrus, Caswell, Chatham, Cumberland, Davidson and 34 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 10, 11:05 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 3:30 AM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Abbeville, Anderson, Chester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Greenville and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 11, 11:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston and 6 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 2002Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 2002Every tornado 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.