Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1989, 6:36 PM EDT for Bladen County, North Carolina. It was in force for 69 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
- Apr 29, 1989, 6:36 PM EDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 1989, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bladen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Bladen, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KILM 292237
SVRILM
NCC017-292345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
636 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...BLADEN
AT 635 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR TARHEEL IN BLADEN COUNTY
MOVING TO THE NORTHwEAST AT 30 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.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, Apr 29, 3:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 310 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989 WIDELY SCATTERED AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...AND WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER. AT 300 PM EDT...THUNDERSTORMS WERE CLUSTERED OVER NORTHERN BERTIE AND SOUTHERN HERTFORD COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...WHICH WILL BRING THEM ACROSS GATES...NORTHERN PASQUOTANK...AND NORTHERN CAMDEN COUNTIES BY 430 PM EDT. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...ESPECIALLY OVER THE AREA NORTH OF THE ALBEMARLE SOUND SHOULD BE PRdEPARED FOR RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRENT. BT
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 445 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALBEMARLE SOUND... AT 435 PM EDT...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR SUNBURY...IN GATES COUNTY AND AULANDER IN NORTHWEST BERTIE COUNTY. THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM JUST EAST OF WINDSOR IN BERTIE COUNTY ACROSS THE WESTERN ALBEMARLE SOUND TO PLYMOUTH...THEN SOUTHWEST TO KINSTON. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH WINDSOR...WIND GUSTS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ACCOMPANINED BY FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. MARINERS ON THE ALBEMARLE SOUND SHOULD MAKE FOR SAFE HARBOR OR READY THEIR VESSELS FOR ROUGH WEATHER. RESIDENTS ALONG THE ALBEMARLE SOUND SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL TV OR RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. JONES
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:05 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 600 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SKIRTED THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN ALONG THE HARNETT AND SAMPSON COUNTY LINE. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LARGE HAIL REPORTED...SKIRTED THE CENTRAL COASTAL AREA JUST NORTHWEST OF THE JONES AND CRAVEN COUNTY LINE. THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN BLADEN AND SAMPSON COUNTY SINCE 530 THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COASTAL AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER COMES NEAR. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO...T.V... OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRENCES TO LOCOAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CBM
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 6:22 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 610 PM EDT SAT APR 29 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM EDT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SKIRTED THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN ALONG THE HARNETT AND SAMPSON COUNTY LINE. LARGE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SANDHILLS AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LARGE HAIL REPORTED...SKIRTED THE CENTRAL COASTAL AREA JUST NORTHWEST OF THE JONES AND CRAVEN COUNTY LINE. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. ...THUNDERSTORMS FORMED IN BLADEN AND SAMPSON COUNTY SINCE 530 THIS AFTERNOON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AND NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN COASTAL PLAIN AND IN WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COASTAL AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF ThHREATENING WEATHER COMES NEAR. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO... WARNINGS. REPORT ALL SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRENCES TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. CBM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sampson | 55 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.