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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 1, 1990New Hanover County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 7:38 PM EDT for New Hanover 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: Jul 1, 1990, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 1990, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County New Hanover 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, 8:09 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	New Hanover, NC
Jul 1, 8:29 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	New Hanover, 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 244 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 012338
SVRILM
NCC129-020045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
738 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR 
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      NEW HANOVER

...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTY JUST MENTIONED

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING ACROSS NEW HANOVER COUNTY. STRONG
GUSTY WINDS .. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING
WITH THE STORM.

ALL MARINE INTERESTS IN THE PATH OF THIS WEATHER SHOULD TAKE
EVASIVE ACTION AND PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS AND HIGH WINDS.

 JAME OF ISSUER

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, Jul 1, 5:01 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 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

LEIN

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 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.

MAC

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 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

LEIN

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:54 PM EDT, 44 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 DUNN

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:58 PM EDT, 40 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

LEIN

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:19 PM EDT, 19 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.

MAC

The 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, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Onslow	62 min

Nearby

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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.