Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 1988, 4:11 PM EDT for Cabarrus County, Montgomery County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 64 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 1988, 4:11 PM EDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 1988, 5:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cabarrus County, NC, Montgomery County, NC, Stanly County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Montgomery, NC |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1764 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREER SC 300 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR ALL COUNTIES IN UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA... AT 245 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM SOUTHERN SPARTANBURG COUNTY EXTENDING ACROSS CENTRAL LAURENS COUNTY TO NEAR CALHOUN FALLS IN SOUTHERN ABBEVILLE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE UPSTATE. RESIDENTS OF UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...TELEVISION...OR LOCAL RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. ROBBINS/GSP
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 230 PM EDT THU JUN 09 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 THIS THURSDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF CLEVELAND...MECKLENBURG...RICHMOND... UNION...CATAWBA...IREDELL...ANSON...LINCOLN...ROWAN...STANLY...GASTON ...CABARRUS...AND MONTGOMERY...AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF... CHEROKEE...YORK...CHESTER...AND LANCASTER... AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOVING TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 35 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS OVER NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF NEWTON AND INTO THE NORTHERN REACHES OF LAKE NORMAN...ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE 330 THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...ALSO IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT PASSES OVER THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LAKE NORMAN AND INTO NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY BY 330 THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THREATENING WEATHER. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME EASTERN BURKE COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND ACROSS THE HICKORY AIRPORT AROUND 315 PM. AT 245 THIS AFTERNOON...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL...WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH AND TRAFFIC STOPPED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODED HIGHWAYS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 321 SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...IN CATAWBA COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. AT 255 PM...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED POWER OUTAGES IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF A PENNY OR LARGER...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SEVER9E THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE SHORTLY BEFORE 5 PM. CLARK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:14 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 305 PM EDT THU JUN 09 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 THIS THURSDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUARD THE EAST ABOUT 35 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS OVER NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF NEWTON AND INTO THE NORTHERN REACHES OF LAKE NORMAN...ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE 330 THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...ALSO IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT PASSES OVER THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LAKE NORMAN AND INTO NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY BY 330 THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THREATENING WEATHER. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME EASTERN BURKE COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND ACROSS THE HICKORY AIRPORT AROUND 315 PM. AT 245 THIS AFTERNOON...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL...WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH AND TRAFFIC STOPPED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODED HIGHWAYS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 321 SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...IN CATAWBA COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. AT 255 PM...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED POWER OUTAGES IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF A PENNY OR LARGER...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SEVERBE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE SHORTLY BEFORE 5 PM. CLARK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:16 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLOTTE NC 305 PM EDT THU JUN 09 1988 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 THIS THURSDAY EVENING FOR A LARGE PORTION OF BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF CLEVELAND...MECKLENBURG...RICHMOND... UNION...CATAWBA...IREDELL...ANSON...LINCOLN...ROWAN...STANLY...GASTON ...CABARRUS...AND MONTGOMERY...AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES OF... CHEROKEE...YORK...CHESTER...AND LANCASTER... AT 3 THIS AFTERNOON...CHARLOTTE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF WESTERN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOVING TOWARD THE EAST ABOUT 35 MPH. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ONE HALF INCH HAIL WAS OVER NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY...ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF NEWTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOWN OF NEWTON AND INTO THE NORTHERN REACHES OF LAKE NORMAN...ALL IN NORTH CAROLINA BEFORE 330 THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...ALSO IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE THUNDERSTORM MAY INCREASE IN INTENSITY AS IT PASSES OVER THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF LAKE NORMAN AND INTO NORTHERN MECKLENBURG AND SOUTHERN IREDELL COUNTY BY 330 THIS AFTERNOON. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF DAVIDSON AND CORNELIUS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE LIKELIHOOD OF THREATENING WEATHER. A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME EASTERN BURKE COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CATAWBA COUNTY AND ACROSS THE HICKORY AIRPORT AROUND 315 PM. AT 245 THIS AFTERNOON...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED 1/2 INCH SIZE HAIL...WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 40 MPH AND TRAFFIC STOPPED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODED HIGHWAYS ALONG INTERSTATE 40 NEAR THE JUNCTION OF HIGHWAY 321 SOUTHWEST OF HICKORY...IN CATAWBA COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. AT 255 PM...AN AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED POWER OUTAGES IN THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF HICKORY IN CATAWBA COUNTY OF NORTH CAROLINA. TRAFFIC LIGHTS WERE INOPERATIVE. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HAIL THE SIZE OF A PENNY OR LARGER...INTENSE LIGHTNING...AND DAMAGING WINDS EXCEEDING 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THE NEXT STATEMENT ON THIS SEVERFE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS OFFICE SHORTLY BEFORE 5 PM. CLARK
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:19 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ASHEVILLE NC 320 PM EDT THU JUN 9 1988 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8PM EDT... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE IN EFFECT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA TIL 800 PM EDT THIS EVENING: MCDOWELL POLK HENDERSON BURKE RUTHERFORD TRANSYLVANIA AND CALDWELL. AT 315 PM THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN HENDERSON COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILE AN HOUR AND SHOULD EFFECT NORTHERN POLK AND SOUTHERN RUTHERFORD COUNTY DURHING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THE THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FURTHER STAEMENTS OR WARNING WILL BE ISSUED AS NECESSARY. GRC
Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:00 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Greenville-Spartanburg, SC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 3:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | GSP | Cabarrus | 19 min |
| Jun 9, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Mecklenburg | 42 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.