Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1990, 12:47 AM EDT for Pender 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
- Aug 30, 1990, 12:47 AM EDT (04:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1990, 1:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pender 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 12:55 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Pender, 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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
- 997 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1637 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 300447
SVRILM
NCC141-300545-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1247 AM EDT THU AUG 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...NORTHERN PENDER
AT 1245 THIS THURSDAY MORNING RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN EXTREME NORTHWEST PENDER COUNTY MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH.
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
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 10:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 10:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
NCZ-015-016-300400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 1055 PM EDT WED AUG 29 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AND ADJOINING ATLANTIC WATERS UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING... AT 1030 THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WERE CLUSTERED OVER NORTHERN SAMPSON AND DUPLIN COUNTIES. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED THERE THUS FAR THIS WEDNESDAY EVENING...BUT PERSONS IN SAMPSON DUPLIN...JONES AND CRAVEN COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WITH THE STORMS UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR LATER TONIGHT. THE STORMS SEEMED TO SLOW DOWN IN THEIR EASTWARD MOVEMENT TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS IN THOSE COUNTIES INTO EARLY THURSDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY PRECIPITATION WERE CLUSTERED OVER INTERIOR COASTAL SOUTH CAROLINA NORTH OF CHARLESTON AND WEST OF GEORGETOWN. THE STORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST TOWARD THE ATLANTIC COAST. THESE STORMS ALSO APPEARED TO SLOW DOWN.
Local storm report, Aug 30, 12:11 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1210 AM EDT THU AUG 30 1990
1145 PM EDT DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE BLADEN COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT IN BLADENBORO NEAR RT 211.
MACLocal storm report, Aug 30, 12:21 AM EDT, 26 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1220 AM EDT THU AUG 30 1990
1213 PM EDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE BLADEN COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT IN BLADENBORO.
MACLocal storm report, Aug 30, 12:44 AM EDT, 3 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1243 AM EDT THU AUG 30 1990
1225 PM EDT DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE BLADEN COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT WEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN ON RT 87
MACLocal storm report, Aug 30, 12:46 AM EDT, 1 minute before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1243 AM EDT THU AUG 30 1990
1225 AM EDT DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY THE BLADEN COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT WEST OF ELIZABETHTOWN ON RT 8 7
MAC
CORRECTED TO 1225 AMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 56 min |
| Aug 30, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 46 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.