Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 7:05 PM EDT for Bladen County, Columbus County, North Carolina. It was in force for 55 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
- Jul 1, 1990, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bladen County, NC, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:15 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | 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
Charleston AFB, SC (KCHS), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 1186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 012305
SVRILM
NCC017-047-020000-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
705 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
BLADEN...COLUMBUS
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN BLADEN AND COLUMBUS COUNTIES
THE STORMS WERE EAST AND SOUTH OF ELIZABETHTOWN AND NORTH OF
CHADBOURN.
POWER LINES AND TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN NEAR EVERGREEN IN
COLUMBUS COUNTY.
THE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEST AROUND 35 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
BJWhat 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, Jul 1, 3:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
NCZ001-002-003-012046- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 345 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990 AT 330 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY IN VIRGINIA AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTY IN NORTH CAROLINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO INTENSIFY AND MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS AS THEY MOVE INTO NORTHERN HERTFORD AND GATES COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE NEXT HOUR. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS ...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY HAIL FROM THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM...POTENTIALLY CREATING LOCALIZED FLOODING CONDITIONS. FT
Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
500 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990
TIME EVENT
1630 EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTERS
NEAR THE TOWN OF SUNBURY AND
WHITE OAK AREA OF GATES
COUNTY
1645 EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE HERTFORD
' COUNTY SHERIFF
LEINLocal storm report, Jul 1, 6:30 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
627 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990
TIME EVENT
617 PM EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR DUNN IN SAMPSON
COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING.
REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE.
MACLocal storm report, Jul 1, 6:35 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
635 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990
TIME EVENT
1750 EDT DIME AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTERS
1802 EDT TORNADO WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED
TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN. TREES
DOWN
LEINLocal storm report, Jul 1, 6:54 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
627 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990
TIME EVENT
617 PM EDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR GODWIN IN SAMPSON
COUNTY...NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND EXTENSIVE FLOODING.
REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE.
MAC
CORRECTED FOR TOWN...GODWIN INSTEAD OF DUNNLocal storm report, Jul 1, 6:58 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
635 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990
TIME EVENT
1750 EDT DIME AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY WEATHER SPOTTERS
1802 EDT TORNADO GATES COUNTY. WEATHER SPOTTER
REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN
NEAR STATE ROAD 1116. TREES
DOWN
...CORRECTION FOR LOCATION OF TORNADO
LEINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Sampson | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Duplin, Pender | 56 min |
| Jul 1, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 62 min |
| Jul 1, 7:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 67 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.