1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 8:49 AM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 949 AM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001 AS MID SHIFT SAID INGREDIENTS ARE COMING TOGETHER TO PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOST PCPN IS N AND W OF OUR CWA...HOWEVER...A CLUSTER OF TSTMS OVER COASTAL SC AND ANOTHER CLUSTER NW OF FLO. THESE ARE MOVING NE AND WILL HAVE TO WATCH THESE CLOSELY. LAPS CAPES ARE HIGHEST IN VCNTY OF ILM AND ALONG NE NC/VA BORDER. LI FROM 12Z MHX SOUNDING IS -7.7 WITH A WBZ OF 9110. THIS IN CONCERT WITH GOOD OMEGA WORKING INTO OUR CWA, A STRONG VORT THAT IS EVIDENT ON SATELLITE WATER VAPOR LOOP, AND ADDED INSTABILITY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING INDICATE A DECENT POSSIBILITY OF LARGE HAIL AND POTENTIALLY DAMAGING WINDS. AS FAR AS FCST GOES AM CONSIDERING RAISING POPS BASED ON SATELLITE AND RADAR TRENDS AS WELL AS LAPS THETA-E ANALYSIS. MARINE...FCST LOOKS OK AND WILL KEEP MENTION OF SOME STRONG TSTMS GOING. .MHX....NONE. WS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
311 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2001
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0202 PM ROSE HILL NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/01 DUPLIN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT DIME SIZE
HAIL IN ROSE HILL
0225 PM WILLIAMSTON NC .88 INCH HAIL REPORTED
05/26/01 LENOIR BY LAW FORCEMENT IN
LAGRANGE
0250 PM GREENVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/01 PITT REPORTED IN GREENVILLE
BY SPOTTERS
0250 PM JONESTOWN, DEEP RUN NC 60 MPH WIND
05/26/01 LENOIR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT
0300 PM DEEP RUN NC TREES DOWN
05/26/01 LENOIR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENTThe Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:12 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large trees blown down closing Arlington Blvd in Greenville and knocking out power.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in North Carolina in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in North Carolina, May 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5243934.