Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2003, 6:58 PM EDT for Moore County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- May 2, 2003, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2003, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Moore County, NC, Scotland County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305 WUUS52 KRAH 022258 RRA SVRRAH NCC165-022345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 655 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SCOTLAND COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 655 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF LAUREL HILL...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF BENNETTSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. LARGE HAIL IS ALSO LIKELY. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... LAUREL HILL LAURINBURG EAST LAURINBURG A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3471 7953 3488 7958 3493 7936 3477 7933 $$ 12
1 follow-up statement
306 WUUS52 KRAH 022258 SVRRAH NCC125-022345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 657 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... MOORE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 657 PM EDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAGLE SPRINGS...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF TROY... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. NUMEROUS TREES ARE DOWN ACROSS MONTGOMERY COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... ROBBINS CARTHAGE SOUTHERN PINES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE DAMAGING HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. GO INSIDE A STURDY SHELTER. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. LAT...LON 3540 7975 3520 7966 3521 7921 3551 7935 $$ 12
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Raleigh, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 300 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 INSTABILITY IS IN NO SHORT SUPPLY AND TSRA WILL BE REACHING THE WESTERN CWFA AROUND 500 PM. WILL THUSLY ADD LIKELY EVENING POPS TO THE WEST AND CENTRAL ZONES. THIS INITIAL VORT MAX WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER IMPULSE WHICH WILL PUSH THE FRONT THROUGH LATER TONIGHT...BUT THE LATER FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL HAVE LESS THERMODYNAMICALLY TO WORK WITH. WILL END THE CHANCE POPS BEFORE MORNING. TOMORROW SHOULD BE FAIRLY TRANQUIL WITH NORTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THE STRONGER COOL AIR ADVECTION EARLY TOMORROW NIGHT AS THE UPPER SHORT WAVE ROTATES THROUGH. WILL HAVE CHANCES TOMORROW AFTERNOON OVER ALL OF THE AREA...WITH LINGERING CHANCES OF SHOWERS INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER AS THE UPPER DYNAMICS SWING BY. HIGH 70 TO 75 TOMORROW AND A COUPLE OF DEGREES COOLER SUNDAY AS THE RIDGING BUILDS DOWN. MONDAY ONWARD... MODELS SEEM NOW TO INDICATE THE LOW PRESSURE WELL WEST OF THE STATE ON MONDAY WILL HAVE A WARM FRONT MOVING NORTH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA MONDAY EVENING/NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BUMPED UPWARD A BIT AND WINDS ADJUSTED FOR TIME PERIODS BETWEEN THE WARM FRONT MOVING THROUGH AND THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT HAS SLOWED CONSIDERABLY WITHIN THE GUIDANCE. CONVECTION WILL REMAIN WITHIN THE CHANCE CATEGORIES THROUGH THE PERIOD. .RAH...NONE. MLM/JWC
Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:26 AM EDT, 13 hours 32 minutes before
NCZ007>011-022>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-031025- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 526 AM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST MEETING WARM MOIST AIR OVER THE AREA LATE TODAY WILL INCREASE THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS MAINLY IN THE NORTHWEST HALF OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY OR TONIGHT. RFG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
NCZ021>025-038>042-073>077-083>086-088-030100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 510 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH ARE SEVERE...IS APPROACHING CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AT 5 PM JUST NORTHWEST OF WINSTON SALEM ARE NOT EXPECTED TO THREATEN THE TRIAD. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH THE WESTERN PARTS OF THE TRIAD AND THE ALBEMARLE WADESBORO AREA NEAR 6 PM. HILLSBOROUGH SANFORD AND RAEFORD MAY SEE STORMS AS EARLY AS 730 PM...WITH STORMS TO GOLDSBORO AND ROCKY MOUNT BEFORE 9 PM. SOME GENERATION OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY OCCUR AHEAD OF THE LINE...THROWING THIS TIMING OFF. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. RESIDENTS IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS THIS EVENING. RLH
Local storm report, May 2, 6:35 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
635 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM ALBEMARLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 STANLY NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS
COUNTY. REPORT FROM LAW
OFFICIALS
0623 PM 3 S WINSTON-SALEM NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 FORSYTH DIME SIZE HAIL 2 MILES
SOUTH OF I-40 AND HIGHWAY
421 SPLIT.
WSSLocal storm report, May 2, 6:44 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
644 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 3 W THOMASVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 DAVIDSON TREES DOWN. FUNNEL
VISIBLE. ROOF DEBRIS IN
ROAD. REPORT FROM TRAINED
SPOTTER
WSSLocal storm report, May 2, 6:47 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
647 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 3 W THOMASVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/02/03 DAVIDSON TREES DOWN. FUNNEL
VISIBLE. ROOF DEBRIS IN
ROAD. REPORT FROM TRAINED
SPOTTER
0630 PM LEXINGTON NC 1.00 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 DAVIDSON PUBLIC REPORT. JUST
OUTSIDE OF LEXINGTON CITY
LIMITS
WSSLocal storm report, May 2, 6:54 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH, NC
654 PM EDT FRI MAY 2 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM 0 HIGH POINT NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/02/03 GUILFORDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 44 min |
| May 2, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 22 min |
| May 2, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Montgomery, Richmond | 34 min |
| May 2, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 43 min |
| May 2, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson | 26 min |
| May 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 36 min |
| May 2, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford, Randolph | 50 min |
| May 2, 7:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 15 min |
| May 2, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 30 min |
| May 2, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 37 min |
| May 2, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003
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.