Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1990, 6:23 PM EDT for Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 min. 2 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 10, 1990, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1990, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbus 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 10, 6:45 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Columbus, NC | |
| Jun 10, 7:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Columbus, 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 102225
SVRILM
NCC047-102330-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
623 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...COLUMBUS
AT 620 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN COLUMBUS
COUNTY BETWEEN PFAIR BLUFF AND EVERGREEN. THIS STORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST NEAR 25 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, Jun 10, 4:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
NCZ-015-016-017-102145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 446 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE SANDHILLS... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WERE MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH ROBESON AND PENDER COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS COLUMBUS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS 30 MILES AN HOUR. ONLY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS SO FAR THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...ESPECIALLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STORMS... AS WELL AS LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVY RAINS. THERE IS STILL THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THE STORMS THE REST OF THIS EVENING UNTIL SUNDOWN. . OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA... MOSTLY THE NORTHEAST CORNER AND AROUND LAKE MARION NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF CHARLESTON. THE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:49 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:50 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
NCZ-015-016-102245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 546 PM EDT SUN JUN 10 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA INCLUDING THE SANDHILLS... AT 530 THIS SUNDAY EVENING...THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVED OVER ROBESON COUNTY INTO WESTERN BLADEN COUNTY...AND FROM SOUTHERN PENDER COUNTY EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS EAST OF WILMINGTON SINCE 430 THIS AFTERNOON. ONLY LOCALLY HEAVY BUT BRIEF RAIN AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WAS REPORTED SINCE 430 WITH THESE STORMS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST FROM COLUMBUS INTO BRUNSWICK COUNTY SINCE 430 WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH. PERSONS IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA...ESPECIALLY BLADEN COUNTY... SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS LIMITED DRIVING VISIBILITIES IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. OTHER STORMS WITH VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION REMAINED SCATTERED OVER EASTERN SOUTH CAROLINA...MOSTLY NEAR FLORENCE AND BETWEEN GEORGETOWN AND CHARLESTON NEAR THE ATLANTIC COAST. THERE WAS LITTLE CHANGE IN COVERAGE OR STRENGTH SINCE 430 THIS AFTERNOON AS 1THE PRECIPITATION MOVED EAST.
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990
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.