Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wilmington, NC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 8:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Onslow, 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.
- 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
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.
FTSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Beaufort, Pamlico | 58 min |
| Jun 22, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven | 33 min |
| Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pamlico | 56 min |
| Jun 22, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Carteret | 56 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.