Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1990, 8:38 PM EDT for Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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 1, 1990, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 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 1, 8:45 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, 0.6 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KRDU 020038
SVRRDU
NCC165-020130-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
838 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...SCOTLAND
AT 835 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO
SCOTLAND COUNTY FROM RICHMOND COUNTY. THE MOST INTENSE PART OF THE
STORM HAS BEEN HEADING INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF SCOTLAND
COUNTY...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. BUT THIS LARGE STORM MAY
CAUSE HAIL OR HIGH WIND IN JUST ABOUT ANY PART OF THE COUNTY DURING
THE WARNING PERIOD.
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL AND WIND
IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AS IT CROSSED PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT
EARLIER THIS EVENING.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 MPH TO OVER 100
MPHh. THESE WINDS BLOW DOWN TREES...POWER LINES...AND SEVERELY
DAMAGE MOBILE HOMES...SOMETIMES BUILDINGS. VERY LARGE HAIL CAN
INJURE ANYONE CAUGHT OUTSIDE.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 1, 4:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
NCZ006-007-012010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 415 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROOS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND INTO THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT... AT 400 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN WILKES COUNTY INTO YADKIN COUNTY. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO TAKE APPROPIATE ACTION IF NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO TV..LOCAL RADIO OR NOAA WEATHER FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS IF CONDITIONS WARRANT SAS
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 5:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
NCZ006-007-020330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 500 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROOS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 445 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL MOVING INTO SOUTHERN YADKIN AND SOUTHWEST STOKES COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTROMS ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTROMS AND RAINSHOWERS THAT EXTENDS FORM NORTHERN IREDELL COUNTY THROUGH YADKIN...FORSYTH...SURRY AND INTO STOKES COUNTY. MOVEMENT IS EAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT THIS AFTERNOON FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPIATE ACTION IF NMECCESSARY. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RJD
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 5:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
NCZ006-007-020330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 600 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS FOR ALEXANDER AND IREDELL COUNTIES ARE CANCELLED... AT 545 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT WEAKENING AS THEY MOVE EAST. RADAR NOW SHOWS ALEXANDER COUNTY CLEAR OF THUNDERSTORMS...THE THUNDERSTORMS IN IREDELL COUNTY HAVE EITHER MOVED EAST OR HAVE WEAKENED TO RAINSHOWERS. IN YADKIN COUNTY RADAR SHOWS A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF YADKIN ON THE FORSYTH COUNTY LINE. MOSTLY RAINSHOWERS WITH A SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOW COVERING NORTHERN ALAMANCE...MOST OF GUILFORD...DAVIDSON...FORSYTH ...DAVIE...AND ROWAN COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. STAY TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RJD
Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 620 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990 ATTN SELS... REPORTED RECIEVED AT 1805 EDT FROM ALEXANDER COUNTY SHERIFF 1 INCH HAIL FROM 1715-1720 EDT SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY. RJD
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NCZ006-007-020330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 730 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 720 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT RAIN SPREAD OUT ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS SOUTH OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA. A FEW HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN SOUTHERN IREDELL AND ROWAN COUNTIES. PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT THIS EVENING SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE APPROPIATE ACTION IF NECCESSARY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ANY POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RJD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 11:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 37 min |
| Apr 1, 11:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 41 min |
| Apr 2, 12:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 6:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Harnett | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 36 min |
| Apr 2, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Orange | 43 min |
| Apr 2, 6:58 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 20 min |
| Apr 2, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 59 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.