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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Raleigh, NC

March 16, 2003Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2003, 2:53 PM EST for Wayne County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2003, 2:53 PM EST (19:53 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2003, 3:15 PM EST
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2003-03-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 2003-03-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
722 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

701 
WUUS52 KRAH 161953
SVRRAH
NCC191-195-162015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
251 PM EST SUN MAR 16 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA   
  SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 315 PM EST

* AT 251 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER FREMONT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF
  GOLDSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. DIME SIZED HAIL IS LIKELY WITH
  THIS STORM.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STANTONSBURG
  BLACK CREEK
  FREMONT

LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK A STURDY SHELTER AND AVOID
WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 3566 7800 3548 7801 3543 7753 3566 7751

$$
KK

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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.