Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1990, 9:51 PM EDT for Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 54 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
- Apr 30, 1990, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1990, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scotland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 10:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Scotland, 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 843 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1021 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 010151 SVRRDU NCC165-010245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 951 PM EDT MON APR 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...SCOTLAND COUNTY AT 950 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST ENTERING SCOTLAND COUNTY FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER OR NEAR THE TOWN OF LAURINBURG. 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, Apr 30, 7:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
NCZ006-007-009-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 733 PM EDT MON APR 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... AT 730 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT BOTH WEST AND NORTH OF THE TRIAD. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE LOCATED IN YADKIN COUNTY WEST OF WINSTON SALEM. THE ACTIVITY HAS SETTLED DOWN SOME IN THE PAST HOUR BUT THE POSSIBLITY EXISTS THAT SOME COULD STILL DEVELOP INTO SEVERE STORMS YET THIS EVENING. PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RBN
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
NCZALL-010300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
830 PM EDT MON APR 30 1990
... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH # 181 IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM FOR WESTERN
AND CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA ...
AT 825 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT THE RALEIGH-DURHAM
AIRPORT SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN PERSON COUNTY
OF THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT. OTHER SHOWERS WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF
GREENSBORO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM FOR THE
NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...THE SANDHILLS...AND JOHNSTON C"OUNTY IN THE
CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR
ADDITIONAL UPDATES.
KKSpecial weather statement, Apr 30, 8:51 PM EDT, 1 hour before
NCZ006-007-009-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 855 PM EDT MON APR 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... CONDITIONS NO LONGET EXIST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF BORTH CAROLINA..SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. AT 845 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS STRETCHING FROM NEAR BURLINGTON TO BETWEEN HIGH POINT AND ASHEBORO AND TO NEAR HIGH ROCK LAKE. THE SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 275 TO 30 MPH. RBN
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 8:58 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
NCZ006-007-009-010100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 855 PM EDT MON APR 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... CONDITIONS NO LONGER EXIST FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA..SO THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. AT 845 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS STRETCHING FROM NEAR BURLINGTON TO BETWEEN HIGH POINT AND ASHEBORO AND TO NEAR HIGH ROCK LAKE. THE SHOWERS WEDRE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. RBN CORRECTION FOR MISSPELLINGS.
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 9:02 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
NCZALL-010300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 900 PM EDT MON APR 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT..THE SANDHILLS..AND JOHNSTON COUNTY OF THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN... AT 9 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN VANCE COUNTY EXTENDING SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH. THERE AHEV BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOOR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. KKK
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 9:46 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
NCZALL-010300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 945 PM EDT MON APR 30 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT..THE SANDHILLS..AND JOHNSTON COUNTY OF THE CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY... AT 945 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN RICHMOND COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST 25 MPH INTO SCOTLAND COUNTY. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO DEVELOPING OVER SCOTLAND COUNTY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOOR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. KK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Durham, Orange | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 68 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.