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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Raleigh, NC

August 16, 1990Hoke County, Moore County, Scotland County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1990, 4:33 PM EDT for Hoke County, Moore County, Scotland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 16, 1990, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 1990, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Hoke County, NC, Moore County, NC, Scotland 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 1735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 697 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 162036
SVRRDU
NCC125-093-165-162115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
433 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...HOKE COUNTY...NORTHERN SCOTLAND COUNTY
 
AT 430 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CROSSING EXTREME SOUTHERN MOORE COUNTY AND NORTHERN
SCOTLAND COUNTY. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO HOKE COUNTY BQY 440 PM.
 
 
 
THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...LOW AREAS...AND UNDERPASSES.

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, Aug 16, 1:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
155 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

TIME           EVENT

150 PM EDT     SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN REPORTED AT JORDAN LAKE
             z  IN EASTERN CHATHAM COUNTY BY THE CHATHAM COUNTY SHERIFF
               DEPARTMENT.

CORRECTION FOR TIME OF EVENT.

JBP

Local storm report, Aug 16, 2:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
236 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

TIME           EVENT

231 PM EDT     PENNY SIZE HAIL AT MONCURE IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
               CHATHAM COUNTY NC.

JBP

Local storm report, Aug 16, 2:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  GREENSBORO NC
245 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

ATTN SELS...

1200 EST...1700Z 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED NEAR SNOW CAMP IN SOUTHERN
     ALAMANCE COUNTY.  2.75 INCHES OF RAIN ALSO IN SNOW CAMP IN LESS
     THAN AN HOUR.

RBN

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 3:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

NCZ006-162100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
325 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND
   SURRY COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NC...

AT 320 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST SURRY..NORTHERN
ROCKINGHAM..NORTHEAST DAVIE AND SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES IN THE
NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROLINA.  THE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS HAVE SETTLED DOWN SOME IN THE PAST HOUR BUT STILL MAY
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS..DEADLY LIGHTNING..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
HAIL.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS SHOULD REMAIN
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREEATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE
SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH.

RBN

Local storm report, Aug 16, 4:20 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
418 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

TIME           EVENT

345 PM EDT     DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE
               IN VASS...EASTERN MOORE CCOUNTY.

DMD

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 4:25 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

NCZ006-007-162115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
423 PM EDT THU AUG 16 1990

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR ALL OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND
   SURRY COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NC UNTIL 900 PM...

AT 415 PM RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
WESTERN WILKES COUNTY IN THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OF NORTH CAROILINA
AND ALSO OVER NORTHERN YADKIN COUNTY IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS MAY FURTHER INTENSIFY AND PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...
LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALSO DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT
OF THESE STORMS...SOME MINOR FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREAMS MAY OCCUR.

PERSONS IN THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS SHOULD REMAIN
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SAFE
SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
FOR LATEFR STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WHB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 10:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Pitt	3 hr
Aug 15, 11:15 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RAH	Greene	3 hr
Aug 16, 12:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham, Orange	63 min
Aug 16, 1:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	43 min
Aug 16, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Moore	58 min
Aug 16, 7:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	42 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1990 Every 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.