Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 25, 1990, 8:09 PM EDT for Jones County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 1990, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jones 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 774 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 299 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KILM 260009
SVRILM
NCC103-260115-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
809 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN EAST NORTH CAROLINA
...JONES
AT 805 PM LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED IN CENTRAL
JONES COUNTY WEST OF TRENATON. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS WAS
MOVING NORTH AROUND 15 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, Oct 25, 2:48 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
NCZ015-016-017-251945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 245 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 AT 225 PM THERE WAS A VERY HEAVY SHOWER..AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM.. OVER WESTERN ROBESON COUNTY AND ANOTHER OVER SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY. SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTH AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THERE WAS ANOTHER VERY HEAVY SHOWER NEAR BOGUE INLET IN WESTERN CARTERET COUNTY. IT TOO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH. AN INTERSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND VERY COLD AIR ALOFT OVERSPREADING THE CAROLINAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS-. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Local storm report, Oct 25, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 305 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 TIME EVENT 1500 EDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT LUMBERTON IN ROBESON COUNTY.
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 3:41 PM EDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
NCZ015-016-017-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 335 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 AT 330 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR MAXTON..JUST SOUTH OF RED SPRINGS..AND NEAR ST. PAULS IN NORTHERN ROBESON COUNTY. HAIL IS POSSIBLY ACCOMPANYING THE STORM NEAR ST. PAULS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED NEAR GARLAND IN SAMPSON COUNTY..JUST EAST OF BURGAW IN PENDER COUNTY AND OVER EMERALD ISLE IN WESTERN CARTERET COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HEAVY SHOWERS WERE ALSO NOTED BETWEEN ROCKINGHAM AND DARLINGTON AND BETWEEN RjOCKY MOUNT AND NEW BERN. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHERN ROBESON COUNTY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 4:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 4:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
NCZ015-252145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 450 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS UNTIL 8 PM... AT 441 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED INTENSIFYING THUNDERSTORMS..WITH POSSIBLE HAIL..IN NORTHWEST BLADEN COUNTY..NEAR WHITE OAK..AND NEAR AUTRYVILLE IN NORTHWEST SAMPSON COUNTY. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALSO ACCOMPANIES THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING THE THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, Oct 25, 5:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
NCZ015-252245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 545 PM EDT THU OCT 25 1990 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS UNTIL 8 PM... AT 530 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED FROM ELIZABETHTOWN IN BLADEN COUNTY...ACROSS THE EASTERN PART OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY AND INTO SAMPSON COUNTY NEAR ROSEBORO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND APPEARED TO BE GETTING WEAKER. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN ROBESON COUNTY NEAR ROLAND AND OVER THE COASTAL WATERS AT CAPE LOOKOUT. ELSWHERE...THE RADAR WAS SHOWING LIGHT RAIN SCATTERED OVER MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND OVER THE OCEAN FROM CAPE FEAR TO CAPE LOOKOUT. . REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A SAFE SHELTER8 IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. RK
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.