Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 7:28 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1990, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1990, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Onslow 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
Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 1043 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KILM 012328
SVRILM
NCC019-133-020030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
728 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
BRUNSWICK...ONSLOW
...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTIES JUST MENTIONED
AT 730 PM EDT THE WILMINGTON RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS WITH SEVERE WEATHER SIGNATURES. THEY WERE NEAR
WALLACE IN DUPLIN COUNTY .. NEAR JACKSONVILLE IN ONSLOW COUNTY AND
SOUTHWEST OF BOLTON IN COLUMBUS COUNTY. THE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE
SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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
Local storm report, Jul 1, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 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, 58 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, 53 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, 34 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, 30 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
LEINLocal storm report, Jul 1, 7:19 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
717 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990
TIME EVENT
655 PM EDT TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN...AND EXTENSIVE
FLOODING IN EVERGREEN IN COLUMBUS COUNTY.
REPORTED BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE.
MACThe 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, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Columbus | 55 min |
| Jul 1, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.