Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2004, 5:48 PM EDT for Lenoir County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 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 23, 2004, 5:48 PM EDT (21:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lenoir County, NC
The radar
The Morehead City radar (KMHX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:51 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 nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1211 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
127 WUUS52 KMHX 232148 SVRMHX NCC107-232230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 548 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NEWPORT HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... LENOIR COUNTY IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA * UNTIL 630 PM EDT * AT 546 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GRANGERS...OR ABOUT NEAR KINSTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL IT PASSES. REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 3522 7782 3506 7773 3517 7736 3538 7748 $$ 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 Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 23, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 3:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 342 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 .SHORT TERM...GOM/MEXICO UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SE STATES THROUGH MID WEEK WITH A CONTINUATION OF HOT/HUMID CONDITIONS AND A THREAT FOR DIURNAL CONVECTION. THICKNESS FCST SUPPORT HIGHS IN THE 90S INLAND AND OVERNIGHT LOWS WITHIN FEW DEGREES OF 70S. WEAKLY FORCED ATMOS AND LACK OF SYNOPTIC SCALE TRIGGER MEANS THAT CONVECTIVE INITIATION WILL BE BY MESOSCALE PROCESSES. WILL KEEP POPS AOB 30% AND CONFINE TO THE AFTERNOON EVENING. NUMEROUS UPSTREAM CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES COULD PRODUCE A MESOSCALE VORTICITY CENTER AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES WHICH COULD ENHANCE CONVECTION ACROSS ESTRN NC. THIS CAN BE FINE TUNED LATER WHEN CONVECTIVE TRENDS BECOME BETTER DEFINED. && .LONG TERM...UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS AND FLOW BECOMES NW OVER THE ESTRN US BY THU. THIS WILL ALLOW A WEAK COLD FRONT TO DRIFT ACROSS NC ON THU WITH A BETTER THREAT FOR CONVECTION AS THE FRONT ENCOUNTERS THE HOT/HUMID AIRMASS ENTRENCHED ACROSS ESTRN NC. FRI LOOKS TO BE DRY AS WEAK HIGH PRES BUILD OVER THE AREA. ANOTHER FRONT WILL ENTER NC SAT AND SHOULD LINGER INTO SUNDAY WITH A THREAT FOR MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. TEMPS WILL AVERAGE IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S AND LOWS IN THE 60S. && .MARINE...SW WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 15-20 KT RANGE WITH 20-25 KT POSSIBLE TOMORROW AFTN S OF OREGON INLET TO CAPE HATTERAS AS LOW PRES PASSES BY TO OUR N AND HIGH PRES REMAINS ANCHORED TO OUR SE. WINDS GET UP TO OR NEAR SCA CRITERIA AGAIN WED AFTN INTO WED EVENING AS ANOTHER LOW MOVES THRU GREAT LAKES REGION AND HIGH REMAINS OVER W ATLC. COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE W THU AND MOVES THRU THU NIGHT WITH GRADIENT RELAXING THU NIGHT INTO FRI. A SE SWELL WILL INCREASES TO AROUND 2-3 FT BY MID WEEK WHICH WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON RIP CURRENTS. && .AVIATION...OTHER THAN ISOLD-WDLY SCT TSTMS LATE THIS AFTN EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS NEXT 24 HRS. && .HYDROLOGY...ISSUED RIVER FLOOD WARNING FOR CONTENTENA CREEK BASED ON LATEST RVF. ONLY MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED. CREST IS FCST ON WED AND THIS AMY A BIT SLOW. WE WILL BE UPDATING THIS SITUATION ON MON. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... MHX 70 88 71 88 / 20 20 10 20 EWN 69 90 70 90 / 30 20 10 20 HSE 70 80 73 81 / 20 20 10 20 PGV 70 93 71 93 / 30 20 10 20 && .MHX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NC...NONE. && ELARDO/SHAFFER
Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 4:25 AM EDT, 13 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 425 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-104-240825- BEAUFORT NC-CARTERET NC-CRAVEN NC-DUPLIN NC-GREENE NC-JONES NC- LENOIR NC-MAINLAND DARE NC-MAINLAND HYDE NC-MARTIN NC-ONSLOW NC- OUTER BANKS DARE NC-OUTER BANKS HYDE NC-PAMLICO NC-PITT NC- TYRRELL NC-WASHINGTON NC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTIC BEACH...BAYBORO...BEAUFORT... BELHAVEN...BEULAVILLE...BUXTON...CEDAR ISLAND...COLUMBIA...DUCK... EMERALD ISLE...ENGELHARD...FRISCO...GREENVILLE...HARKERS ISLAND... HATTERAS VILLAGE...HAVELOCK...JACKSONVILLE...KENANSVILLE... KILL DEVIL HILLS...KINSTON...KITTY HAWK...LA GRANGE...MANNS HARBOR... MANTEO...MOREHEAD CITY...NAGS HEAD...NEW BERN... NORTH TOPSAIL BEACH...OCRACOKE...ORIENTAL...PLYMOUTH...SNOW HILL... SWANQUARTER...SWANSBORO...TRENTON...WALLACE...WARSAW... WASHINGTON AND WILLIAMSTON 426 AM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 23, 5:10 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
510 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0505 PM HAIL FAISON 35.12N 78.14W
05/23/2004 0.75 INCH DUPLIN NC PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORTED PENNY SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS
&&
JMELocal storm report, May 23, 5:30 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
530 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0526 PM HAIL KINSTON 35.28N 77.59W
05/23/2004 1.75 INCH LENOIR NC TRAINED SPOTTER
GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0526 PM TSTM WND GST KINSTON 35.28N 77.59W
05/23/2004 0 MPH LENOIR NC TRAINED SPOTTER
50-60 MPH WIND GUST REPORTED BY SPOTTER
0516 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 ENE SNOW HILL 35.48N 77.59W
05/23/2004 GREENE NC AIRPLANE PILOT
TREES DOWN NEAR SNOW HILL
&&
JMELocal storm report, May 23, 5:41 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
541 PM EDT SUN MAY 23 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0539 PM HAIL SIMPSON 35.58N 77.28W
05/23/2004 0.75 INCH PITT NC FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
PENNY SIZE HAIL IN SIMPSON
&&
JMEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 31 min |
| May 22, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 43 min |
| May 22, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 2 hr |
| May 22, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Greene | 91 min |
| May 22, 11:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 3 hr |
| May 23, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| May 23, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 38 min |
| May 23, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene | 36 min |
| May 23, 5:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 34 min |
| May 23, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 50 min |
| May 23, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 42 min |
| May 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Duplin | 33 min |
| May 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Pitt | 97 min |
| May 23, 6:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | MHX | Lenoir | 90 min |
| May 23, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
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.