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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Wilmington, NC

July 1, 1990Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 8:02 PM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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, 8:02 PM EDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 1990, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Carteret 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, 8:38 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Carteret, 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 946 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 222 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 304 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 020005 RRA
SVRILM
NCC031-020100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
802 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
          ...CARTERET
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN SWANSBORO AND MARSHALBORO.
 
 
THE WILMINGTON RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST OF
SWANSBORO IN CARTERET COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35
MPH.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DA(MAGING 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, Jul 1, 5:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute 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 32 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 27 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, 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 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, 1 hour 4 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, 43 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

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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.