Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1990, 8:09 PM EDT for Edgecombe County, North Carolina. It was in force for 66 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 11, 1990, 8:09 PM EDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 1990, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Edgecombe 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 11, 9:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Edgecombe, 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
Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 948 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 120009 SVRRDU NCC065-120115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 809 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...EDGECOMBE COUNTY AT 805 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY FROM WILSON COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL PASS OVER OR NEAR TARBORO BEFORE 9PM. 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, Jul 11, 6:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
NCZ006-007-112200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO, NC 600 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 555 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ALEXANDER ..SOUTHERN WILKES..SOUTHEAST SURRY AND CENTRAL YADKIN COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH. ALONG WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. PERSONS IN SURRY..YADKIN..STOKES..WILKES AND ALEXANDER COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. RBN
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 6:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-015-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 611 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 AT 610 PM...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. AT 516 PM...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED A WIND GUST OF 51 MPH AT FORT BRAGG. A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO PERSON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE POTENTIAL FOR STRENGTHENING WILL EXIST AS THE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...ESPECIALLY GRANVILLE...VANCE...AND WARREN COUNTIES. ^ NO SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN AT 610 PM. HOWEVER...THE POSSIBILITY EXISTS THAT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER IN THE EVENING. LGL
Local storm report, Jul 11, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
627 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990
TIME EVENT
600 PM EDT CHAPEL HILL...ORANGE COUNTY
APPROX. DURHAM...DURHAM COUNTY
TREES DOWN DUE TO THUNDERSTORM WINDS
REPORT RELAYED TO NWS BY WTVD IN DURHAM
LGLSpecial weather statement, Jul 11, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
NCZ006-007-112330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO, NC 645 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 640 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE WILKES AND YADKIN COUNTY LINE BETWEEN YADKINVILLE AND WILKESBORO AND ALSO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BURLINGTON IN ALAMANCE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. ALONG WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. PERSONS IN WILKES..YADKIN AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. RBN
Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:29 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
728 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990
TIME EVENT
640 PM EDT CREEDMOOR...GRANVILLE COUNTY...POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORTED THUNDERSTORM $WINDS BLEW A ROOF OFF A
BUILDING IN CREEDMOOR.
LGLLocal storm report, Jul 11, 7:40 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
739 PM EDT WED JUL 11 1990
TIME EVENT
715 PM EDT BETWEEN FOUR OAKS AND BENTONVILLE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY...
TREES DOWN ON ROAD...REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
720 PM EDT EAST OF SMITHFIELD AND SOUTH OF PINE LEVEL IN
JOHNSTON COUNTY...TREES BLOWN DOWN...REPORTED BY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
730 PM EDT SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON IN JOHNSTON 7COUNTY...TREES
BLOWN DOWN...REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT
LGLNearby
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.