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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 1, 1990Greene County, Wilson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT for Greene County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 60 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: Jul 1, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 1, 1990, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Greene County, NC, Wilson 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
Jul 1, 9:50 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 0	Wilson, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 897 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1520 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 020118
SVRRDU
NCC079-195-020215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
915 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...GREENE COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN WILSON COUNTY
 
AT 915 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WILSON COUNTY
MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAD DROPPED LARGE
HAIL AND DOWNED SOME TREES IN WILSON COUNTY.
 
THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO GREENE COUNTY AROUND 925 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

Local storm report, Jul 1, 6:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
644 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

TIME           EVENT
610 PM EDT     TREES DOWNED IN WESTERN NASH COUNTY.

635 PM EDT     TREES DOWNED IN SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY.

645 PM EDT     DIME SIZE HAIL IN WESTERN NASH COUNTY
               AND NEAR NASHVILLE IN CENTRAL NAS COUNTY.

              ABOVE REPORTED BY NASH COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.

KK

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
704 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

TIME           EVENT
545 PM         TREES DOWNED IN CENTRAL MOORE COUNTY.

615 PM EDT     TREES DOWNED IN SOUTHERN NOORE COUNTY.

               ABOVE REPORTED BY MOORE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE.

KK

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
731 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

TIME           EVENT
706 PM         A FEW TREES DOWNED IN WESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
               ABOVE REPORTED BY SHERIFF OFFICE.

KK

Local storm report, Jul 1, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
748 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

TIME           EVENT
700 PM         SEVERAL TREES DOWNED IN NORTHWESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY.
               ABOVE REPORTED BY SHERIFF OFFICE. PUBLIC REPORTED A
               FUNNEL CLOUD IN THE AREA AT TIME OF TREE DAMAGE.

KK

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

NCZ006-007-009-DDHHMM-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
 815 PM EDT SUN JUL 1 1990

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHERN
FOOTHILLS...AND 0NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

AT 800 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWS ONLY A FEW LIGHT...AND
SCATTERED SHOWERS IN WILKES AND YADKIN COUNTIES.

RJD

Local storm report, Jul 1, 8:44 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
843 PM EDT SUN JUL 01 1990

TIME           EVENT
840 PM         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL NEAR THE CITY OF WILSON IN WILSON
               COUNTY REPORTED bBY SHERIFF OFFICE.

KK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	49 min
Jul 1, 9:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Nash	44 min
Jul 1, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston, Wilson	43 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.