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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 26, 1988Forsyth County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1988, 5:37 PM EDT for Forsyth County, Rockingham County, Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 68 min. 3 reports 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 26, 1988, 5:37 PM EDT (21:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1988, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Forsyth County, NC, Rockingham County, NC, Stokes 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Stokes, NC
Jun 26, 6:00 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Rockingham, NC
Jun 26, 6:07 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Forsyth, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKCaswell64 min
Jun 26, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKIredell64 min
Jun 26, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKGuilford64 min
Jun 26, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKAlamance69 min
Jun 26, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRNKRandolph60 min

Nearby

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.