Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1990, 8:51 PM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1990, 8:51 PM EDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1990, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 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 130052 SVRRDU NCC195-130130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 851 PM EDT THU JUL 12 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...WILSON COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT WILSON POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF WILSON. AT 849 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TARBORO SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE CITY OF WILSON TO JUST SOUTH OF SMITHFIELD IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE IN CENTRAL WILSON COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS VSTORM 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 12, 5:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-122230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 530 PM EDT THU JUL 12 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...FROM THE COASTAL PLAIN... INCLUDING THE ROCKY MOUNT-WILSON AND FAYETTEVILLE AREAS...WESTWARD ACROSS THE PIEDMONT. UP UNTIL 520 PM THIS AFTERNOON NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED OR DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER NORTH CAROLINA. HOWEVER... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEING MONITORED BY RADAR OVER THE EASTERN PIEDMONT. AT 525 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST FROM NEAR KERR LAKE...ACROSS VANCE AND GRANVILLE COUNTIES TO DURHAM AND CHATHAM COUNTIES. OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS COULD BE DETECTED FURTHER SOUTHWEST OVER THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. WITH TEMPERATURES STILL NEAR OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES IN THE EAST AND A BRISK WIND OUT OF THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST...THUNDERSTORMS MAY SUDDENLY INTENSIFY OVER THE EASTERN PIEDMONT AND COASTAL PLAIN DURING THE NEXT TWO HOURS. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER3 STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. RFG
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:51 PM EDT, 3 hours before
NCZ006-007-122245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO, NC 550 PM EDT THU JUL 12 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND SURRY COUNTY OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS... AT 545 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SURRY COUNTY NEAR PILOT MOUNTAIN..IN ALAMANCE COUNTY 5 MILES SOUTH OF ELON COLLEGE AND IN RANDOLPH COUNTY NEAR SEASGROVE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. NO DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREENSBORO AS OF 550 PM. PERSONS IN THCE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER WHEN STORMS APPROACH. RBN
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
NCZ006-007-122345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO, NC 645 PM EDT THU JUL 12 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OR SURRY COUNTY OF THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS... PART OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT OVER PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW SMALL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE MOUNTAINS..FOOTHILLS AND NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA BUT THESE NO LONGER ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. RBN
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-122355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 650 PM EDT THU JUL 12 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...ROUGHLY FROM INTERSTATE 95 WESTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS TO THE EXTREME EASTERN PORTION OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE OR DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER NORTH CAROLINA UP TO 645 PM. HOWEVER... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. AT 645 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EASTERN GASTON LAKE SOUTHWEST ACROSS RALEIGH TO SANFORD AND ROCKINGHAM. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE NOT SHOWN ANY INCREASE IN INTENSITY SINCE 530 THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER STORMS AT 645 PM WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST OF RALEIGH OVER FRANKLIN AND SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTIES... OVER NORTHERN DURHAM COUNTY...SOUTHERN CHATHAM AND NORTHERN MOORE COUNTIES...AND STILL ANOTHER STORM ON THE RICHMOND-SCOTLAND COUNTY LINE. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH WHILE THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION BETWEEN 7 AND 9 PM THIS EVENING AS IT MOVES INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN...AN AREA MORE FAVORABLE TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HLW
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:03 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 800 PM EDT THU JUL 12 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...ROUGHLY FROM INTERSTATE 95 WESTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE OR DETECTED BY WEATHER RADAR OVER NORTH CAROLINA UP TO 750 PM. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...SANDHILLS AND EXTREME EASTERN PROTION SOUTHERN PIEDMONT. THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED ONE HALF INCH /.54/ OF RAIN BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM AS A THUNDERSTORM PASSED OVER. AT 750 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM WEST OF ROANOKE RAPIDS SOUTHWEST TO EASTERN WAKE COUNTY AND FORT BRAGG. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN TWO AREAS...THE FIRST IN WESTERN FRANKLIN AND EASTERN WAKE COUNTIES FROM NEAR LOUISBURG AND FRANKLINTON SOUTH TO WENDELL. THE SECOND AREA WAS IN SOUTHERN LEE ...WESTERN HARNETT...NORTHERN HOKE AND EASTERN MOORE COUNTIES. THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH WHILE THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MONITORED CLOSELY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING FOR POSSIBLE INTENSIFICATION AS IT MOVES INTO THE COASTAL PLAIN. THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA IS AN AREA THAT IS MORE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HLW
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:43 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
NCZ003-130130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 842 PM EDT THU JUL 12 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...ROUGHLY FROM INTERSTATE 95 WESTWARD INTO THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS. WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY INTENSIFYING OVER WILSON WESTERN EDGECOMBE COUNTIES BETWEEN 820 AND 835 PM THIS EVENING. THESE STRONG STORMS WERE LINED UP FROM JUST WEST OF TARBORO SOUTHWEST THROUGH ELM CITY TO JUST WEST OF WILSON. ANOTHER STORM WAS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST JOHNSTON COUNTY NEAR KENLY. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED...BUT SHOULD BE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS JUST REPORTED AT 840 PM BY THE ELM CITY POLICE DEPARITMENT. LISTEN TO LOCAL RADIO..TV..OR WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HLW
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.