Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 2005, 5:54 PM EDT for Chowan County, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 23, 2005, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2005, 6:34 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Chowan County, NC, Perquimans County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 5:55 PM EDT | HAIL 1 | Edenton, NC | |
| Apr 23, 6:02 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | Hertford, NC | |
| Apr 23, 6:10 PM EDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 N Smithtown, NC |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS51 KAKQ 232154
SVRAKQ
NCC041-143-232230-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.050423T2154Z-050423T2230Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
554 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CHOWAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
PERQUIMANS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 551 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
EDENTON...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
HERTFORD... BEACH SPRINGS AND BURGESS BY 600 PM EDT...
WINFALL... SMITHTOWN AND FORESTBURG BY 605 PM EDT...
CHAPANOKE BY 610 PM EDT...
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPORTS OF HAIL AND/OR WIND DAMAGE...INCLUDING TREES
OR LARGE LIMBS DOWNED...BY CALLING NOAAS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
TOLL FREE AT...1...800...7 3 7...8 6 2 4.
LAT...LON 3611 7672 3600 7654 3621 7633 3634 7647
$$
NS1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS51 KAKQ 232234 SVSAKQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA 631 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005 NCC041-143-232241- /O.EXP.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-050423T2230Z/ CHOWAN NC-PERQUIMANS NC- 631 PM EDT SAT APR 23 2005 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PERQUIMANS AND CHOWAN COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 629 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...EAST OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH. NO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER CHOWAN AND PERQUIMANS COUNTIES... AS A RESULT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS OF 630 PM EDT. LAT...LON 3611 7672 3600 7654 3621 7633 3634 7647 $$ HURLEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Northampton | 40 min |
| Apr 23, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden | 35 min |
| Apr 23, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 52 min |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.