Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 30, 1989, 3:36 PM EST for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 30, 1989, 3:36 PM EST (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 30, 1989, 4:15 PM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nash County, NC
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 KRDU 302037
SVRRDU
NCC127-302115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
336 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...NORTHERN NASH
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED ON RADAR AT 330 PM NEAR THE NASH
FRANKLIN COUNTY LINE BETWEEN CASTALIA AND EDWARDS CROSSROADS. THIS
STORM HAS BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR.
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, Mar 30, 2:02 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 200 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989 AT 200 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED IN EXTREME EASTERN WAKE COUNTY BETWEEN ROLESVILLE ANDa WAKEFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND WILL BE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY BETWEEN 200 AND 300 PM. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LGL
Special weather statement, Mar 30, 2:30 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 230 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989 AT 230 PM A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED ON THE FRANKLIN AND NASH COUNTY LINE JUST EAST OF BUNN WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE IN NASH COUNTY BETWEEN 230 PM AND 300 PM. AS THE THUNDERSTORM WAS CROSSING BUNN AT ABOUT 215 PM...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS OBSERVED. DUE TO THE RAPID MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM...STRONG AND GUSTY WINuDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LGL
Local storm report, Mar 30, 2:46 PM EST, 50 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
246 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989
TIME EVENT
235 EST NASH COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE
HAIL NEAR CASTALIA.
LGLLocal storm report, Mar 30, 3:22 PM EST, 14 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
322 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989
TIME EVENT
250 EST NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
HAIL THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR AVENTON
IN NORTHERN NASH COUNTY.
LGLLocal storm report, Mar 30, 3:35 PM EST, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
335 PM EST THU MAR 30 1989
TIME EVENT
310-315 PM EST HALIFAX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIAL REPORTED
MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN DOWNTOWN HALIFAX. REPORT RELAYED
TO THE NWS BY WRAL-TV IN RALEIGH.
LGLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 4:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Northampton | 28 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.