Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1990, 12:06 AM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 24 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 1990, 12:06 AM EDT (04:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1990, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cumberland 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 020408
SVRRDU
NCC051-020430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1206 AM EDT MON APR 2 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...SOUTHEASTERN CUMBERLAND
AT 12 MIDNIGHT WEATHER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHEAST CUMBERLAND COUNTY MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REACH SPEEDS OF 60 MPH TO OVER 100
MPH. 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
Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 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, 4 hours 32 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
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 9:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NCZALL-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 930 PM EDT SUN APR 1 1990 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES ACROSS PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT INTO THE SANDHILLS. MANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL SINCE LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM SOUTH-CENTRAL VIRGINIA INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE HEAVIEST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF WARREN...VANCE AND GRANVILLE COUNTIES. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF OFFICE IN HENDERSON AROUND 915PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS AREA CURRENTLY DRIFTING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. PERSONS IN FRANKLIN...NASH AND HALIFAX SHOULD ALSO BE ON THE ALERT FOR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. LBC
Local storm report, Apr 1, 11:15 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1113 PM EDT SUN APR 01 1990
TIME EVENT
1113 PM NICKLE SIZED HAIL OCCURRING IN HOKE COUNTY
ALONG ROUTE 401 5 MI NE O[F RAEFORD. REPORTED
BY HOKE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
RFGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 52 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.