Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1990, 9:33 PM EDT for Pitt County, North Carolina. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1990, 9:33 PM EDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1990, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pitt 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 1837 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 010134 SVRRDU NCC147-010230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 933 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...PITT COUNTY AT 935 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. THIS STORM DOWNED TREES AS IT MOVED THROUGH FRANKLIN AND NASH COUNTUES. THE STORM WILL BE TRACKING INTO PITT COUNTY BY 945 PM. 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, Jun 30, 6:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
NCC135-145-302315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 620 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 AT 615PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH-CENTRAL CASWELL COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST TOWARD NORTHWEST ORANGE COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHWEST PERSON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN CASWELL COUNTY. HOWEVER...NO HAIL OR STRONG WINDS HAD BEEN REPORTED AS OF 610PM. PEOPLE IN ORANGE AND PERSON COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGING CONDITIONS BY 7PM THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. LBC
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
NCZ006-007-009-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 625 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 AT 615 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CASWELL COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY JUST WEST OF YANCEYVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. FREQUENT LIGHTENING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATLE. SAS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:28 PM EDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
NCZ006-007-009-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...COR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 625 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 AT 615 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CASWELL COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST ACTIVITY JUST WEST OF YANCEYVILLE. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. FREQUENT LIGHTENING AND HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY ALERT AND IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. SAS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NCZ005-010015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 718 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 AT 715PM ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS PORTION OF THE NORTHE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
NCC069-127-010130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 831 PM EDT SAT JUN 30 1990 AT 830 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY WHERE MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAD BEEN REPORTED. THIS STORNG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AND WILL BE IN NASH COUNTY BY 840 PM. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM CAN EXPECT FRQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND SMALL HAIL. OSTAY TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBE WARNINGS. KK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Nash | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 5:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland, Hoke, Moore, Scotland | 64 min |
| Jul 1, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.