Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 547
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 20, 2003, 1:05 PM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina; 20 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 2003, 1:05 PM EDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Dare County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Greene 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, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Bamberg County, SC, Berkeley County, SC, Calhoun County, SC, Charleston County, SC, Clarendon County, SC, Colleton County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Dorchester County, SC, Florence County, SC, Georgetown County, SC, Horry County, SC, Lee County, SC, Lexington County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC, Orangeburg County, SC, Richland County, SC, Sumter County, SC, Williamsburg County, SC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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
2 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 60 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 12:33 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anson, Beaufort, Bladen, Brunswick, Carteret, Columbus and 16 more | 117 min |
| Jun 20, 3:22 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brunswick, Columbus, Pender | 113 min |
| Jun 20, 6:18 PM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bamberg, Berkeley, Colleton, Dorchester, Georgetown | 57 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 2003Severe Thunderstorm Watches in South Carolina, 2003Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.