Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 1990, 6:58 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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
- Aug 14, 1990, 6:58 PM EDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1990, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:25 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Wayne, 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 287 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -105 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1329 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 142301 SVRRDU NCC191-142345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 658 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY AT 700 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF GOLDSBORO. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM COULD MOVE INTO GREENE COUNTY BEFORE 8PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL ANDe 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, Aug 14, 4:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
NCZ006-142115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 420 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 415 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ALONG WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE... ...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING. IF YOU ARE IN NORTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY THEN BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND TAKE SAFE SHELTER WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH. WHB
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 5:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-142230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 553 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 1990 ...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE PIEDMONT... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AS OF 545 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST STORM JUST NORTHEAST OF CREEDMOOR IN SOUTHERN GRANVILLE COUNTY. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS VANCE AND WARREN COUNTIES... THESE WERE AFFECTING THE KERR LAKE AND WESTERN LAKE GASTON AREAS. ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS STRETCHED FROM CENTRAL LEE COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH EASTERN WAKE AND NORTHERN JOHNSTON COUNTIES. FINALLY..AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL PITT COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF GREENVILLE. ALL STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. THEY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. ^ OTHER THUNDERSTORMS...SOME QUITE INTENSE...WERE DEVELOPING FARTHER TO THE WEST IN GUILFORD AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF GREENSBORO...AND NEAR CHARLOTTE. ALL PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GAF
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:05 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
NCZ006-142300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 604 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER RANDOLPH AND ALAMANCE COUNTIES IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 655 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ASHBORO IN RANDOLPH COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ALONG WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE... ...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS THEN BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. WHB
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:27 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
NCZ005-014-142315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 626 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 1990 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CHATHAM COUNTY... AT 625 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWEST CHATHAM COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF SILER CITY. THIS STORM CONTAINS VERY HEAVY RAINS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING TOWARD PITTSBORO BETWEEN 630 PM AND 700 PM. OTHER STORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT AND SANDHILLS REGION. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK A PLACE OF SAFETY:. ^ GAF
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:45 PM EDT, 13 minutes before
NCZ006-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 643 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA... AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN ALAMANCE COUNTY NEAR THE CHATHAM COUNTY LINE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. ALONG WITH THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE... ...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME MINOR FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THEN BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SAFE SHELTEQR IF THE STORM APPROACHES. WHB
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 6:55 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
NCZ005-014-142330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 650 PM EDT TUE AUG 14 1990 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PITT COUNTY... AT 640 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN AND NORTHEAST PITT COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN FOUNTAIN AND JUST WEST OF GREENVILLE. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. AT 642PM ^PITT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERED THE GROUND IN THE TOWN OF STOKES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE STORMS ARE MOVING INTO MARTIN COUNTY. RA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Greene, Pitt | 64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.