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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 22, 1990Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1990, 7:48 PM EDT for Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 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 22, 1990, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Jones County, NC, Onslow 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 22, 8:20 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Onslow, 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

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1990-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1990-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
810 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KILM 222349
SVRILM
NCC103-133-230045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
748 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST NORTH CAROLINA
          ...JONES
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
          ...ONSLOW
 
RADAR IS SHOWING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WEST PART OF ONSLOW
COUNTY AND OVER JONES COUNTY. THE CENTER OF THE STORMS WERE NEAR
RICHLANDS AND POLLOCKSVILLE.
 
 
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

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
 455 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990

 TIME            EVENT
 445 PM EDT      TORNADO IN SOUTH MILLS 25 MILES NE ECG
                 BUILDINGS DAMAGED AND# TREES DOWN. TREES
                 DOWN ON TURNPIKE RD ROUTE 1001.

FT
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
NCZ-015-016-017-222300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
500 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE IN PAMLICO AND CRAVEN COUNTIES HAVE
WEAKENED SLIGHTLY AND MOVED OVER THE PAMLICO SOUND.  FREQUENT DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE WITH
THE STORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  MARINERS
SHOULD CONTINUE TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS.

ELSWHERE...THERE WERE ALSO VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COASTAL
SECTIONS OF SOUTH CAROLINA BETWEEN MYRTLE BEACH AND CHARLESTON...AND LIGHT
RAIN WAS SCATTERED OVER THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE LOOKOUT TO LITTLE
RIVER I0NLET.
RK
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:48 PM EDT, 2 hours before
NCZ016-017-222245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
545 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990

A SEVERE THUNDRSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR MUCH
OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

AT 530 THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL COASTAL
AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA MOVED BEYOND THE WILMINGTONS RADAR RANGE.
HOWEVER THE WILMINGTON RADAR DISPLAYED THUNDERSTORMS OVER COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE STORMS WERE IN
A LARGE CLUSTER THAT EXTENDED ACROSS THE COASTAL AREA FROM AYNOR
TO MC CLELLANVILLE. THEY ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE
STORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN COLUMBUS AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES AND BOATERS
ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN LITTLE RIVER INLET AND OAK ISLAND
SHOULD BE ALERT. SEEK SHELTER OR SAFE HARBOR SHOdULD THE WEATHER BECOME
THREATENING.
BJ
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
NCZ016-017-222245-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
545 PM EDT FRI JUN 22 1990

A SEVERE THUNDRSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR MUCH
OF NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT ATLANTIC WATERS.

AT 530 THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE CENTRAL COASTAL
AREA OF NORTH CAROLINA MOVED BEYOND THE WILMINGTONS RADAR RANGE.
HOWEVER THE WILMINGTON RADAR DISPLAYED THUNDERSTORMS OVER COASTAL
SOUTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS. THE STORMS WERE IN
A LARGE CLUSTER THAT EXTENDED ACROSS THE COASTAL AREA FROM AYNOR
TO MC CLELLANVILLE. THEY ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WILL LIKELY
PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. THE
STORMS ARE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN COLUMBUS AND BRUNSWICK COUNTIES AND BOATERS
ALONG THE COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN LITTLE RIVER INLET AND OAK ISLAND
SHOULD BE ALERT. SEEK SHELTER OR SAFE HlARBOR SHOULD THE WEATHER BECOME
THREATENING.
BJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBeaufort, Pamlico58 min
Jun 22, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMCraven33 min
Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMPamlico56 min
Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMCarteret56 min

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.