North Carolina, 2001

Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 28, 2001

May 28, 2001 · NWS MHX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 28, 8:37 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 8:37 AM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
937 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

JUST ISSUED A SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK A FEW MINUTES AGO. YET ANOTHER
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL AFFECT THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. WILL HAVE TO UPDATE ZFP TO TAKE OUT MORNING SUNSHINE AND
MAY HAVE TO ADJUST TEMPS DOWN A CATEGORY DUE TO INCREASING CLOUD
COVER.

CWF: CURRENT FCST LOOKS GOOD BUT WILL MENTION WIND(S AND SEAS HIGHER
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.

RIP CURRENT THREAT: INCREASING SW WINDS PRIMARY FACTOR FOR INCREASED
THREAT OF RIP CURRENTS FOR S FACING BEACHES TODAY.

.MHX....NONE.

WS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 8:25 AM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NCZ029-044>047-079>081-090>095-098-103-290100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT-MOREHEAD CITY NC
925 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT..

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THIS DISTURBANCE WILL BE AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT
THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. THESE
CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

THE AREA OF MOST CONCERN IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR RODANTHE ON THE
OUTER BANKS TO NEAR LAGRANGE IN LENOIR COUNTY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL 3/4 INCH OR LARGER AND WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 58 MPH.

PEOPLE IN EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR
FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS CONCERNING
THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING
WEATHER APPROACHES.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS...
NETWORK ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

WS
Local storm report, May 28, 10:50 AM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY, NC
1150 AM EDT MON MAY 28 2001

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1040 AM    FAISON AND CALYPSO        NC  POWER LINES DOWN
05/28/01     DUPLIN                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                           ENFORCEMENT

The radar

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When
May 28, 11:02 AM EST
Where
Jones County, Pollocksville
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
35.000, -77.233

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5243942.