Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 28, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT for Camden County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 25 min. 1 report 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
- Mar 28, 2021, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 28, 2021, 5:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 5:45 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | Jarvisburg, NC | TREES DOWN NEAR JARVISBURG. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -190 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
740
WUUS51 KAKQ 282132
SVRAKQ
NCC029-053-139-282215-
/O.NEW.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.210328T2132Z-210328T2215Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
532 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
The National Weather Service in Wakefield has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Camden County in northeastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Pasquotank County in northeastern North Carolina...
Southeastern Currituck County in northeastern North Carolina...
* Until 615 PM EDT.
* At 532 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Old Trap, or
near Weeksville, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind damage
to trees and powerlines.
* This severe thunderstorm will be near,
Old Trap around 535 PM EDT.
Grandy around 545 PM EDT.
Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Poplar
Branch, Spot, Aydlett, Glen Cove, Harbinger, Jarvisburg, Coinjock,
Frog Island, Powells Point and Riddle.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3611 7585 3614 7587 3614 7589 3617 7591
3618 7600 3614 7600 3615 7606 3614 7610
3613 7611 3613 7613 3631 7615 3639 7576
3625 7572 3622 7574 3622 7577 3620 7577
3619 7579 3609 7575 3608 7579 3607 7580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 256DEG 40KT 3620 7606
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
JM1 follow-up statement
535
WWUS51 KAKQ 282157
SVSAKQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wakefield VA
557 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
NCC029-053-139-282207-
/O.CAN.KAKQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-210328T2215Z/
Camden NC-Pasquotank NC-Currituck NC-
557 PM EDT Sun Mar 28 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CAMDEN...
SOUTHEASTERN PASQUOTANK AND SOUTHEASTERN CURRITUCK COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.
LAT...LON 3611 7585 3614 7587 3614 7589 3617 7591
3618 7600 3614 7600 3615 7606 3614 7610
3613 7611 3613 7613 3631 7615 3639 7576
3625 7572 3622 7574 3622 7577 3620 7577
3619 7579 3609 7575 3608 7579 3607 7580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 256DEG 40KT 3627 7572
$$
JMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 7:26 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hertford, Northampton | 49 min |
| Mar 28, 8:03 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gates, Hertford | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 51 min |
| Mar 28, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 24 min |
| Mar 28, 4:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Bertie, Chowan, Perquimans | 42 min |
| Mar 28, 5:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Camden, Currituck, Pasquotank | 57 min |
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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.