Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 1990, 5:47 PM EDT for Cumberland County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 21, 1990, 5:47 PM EDT (21:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 1990, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 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 12:00Z, 9.8 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 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 212149 SVRRDU NCC051-212230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 547 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...CUMBERLAND COUNTY AT 545 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF FAYETTEVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE VICINITY OF FAYETTEVILLE SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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, Aug 21, 2:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
NCZ006-007-009-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 250 PM EDT MON AUG 20 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.. NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... AT 245 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HIGH ROCK LAKE AND DENTON IN SOUTHERN DAVIDSON COUNTY. A FEW OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NEAR LENOIR IN SOUTH CALDWELL COUNTY AND WERE MOVING TOWARD SOUTHERN ALEXANDER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS..FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING..HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. PERSONS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. RBN
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 3:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-015-212010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 330 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 667 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THE WATCH NOT INCLUDE THE NORTHEAST PIEDMONT...NORTHERN COASTAL PLAIN...AND CENTRAL COASTAL PLAIN. MOORE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES ARE THE ONLY SANDHILLS COUNTIES IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. AT 330 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM THE VICINITY OF KERR LAKE SOUTHWEST ACROSS PARTS OF VANCE...GRANVILLE...DURHAM...ORANGE...NORTHERN WAKE...AND CHATHAM COUNTIES. A SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHERN RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH AND SPEED...THEY WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWESTERN MOORE COUNTY BY 4 PM. LGL
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-015-212110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 435 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 10 PM. THE WATCH INCLUDES MOORE AND RICHMOND COUNTIES IN THE SANDHILLS. AT 435 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SANDHILLS. HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MOORE COUNTY BY THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT. RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN AN AREA BOUNDED APPROXIMATELY BY SOUTHERN PINES...ABERDEEN...AND PINEBLUFF. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING IN NORTHERN MOORE COUNTY NEAR THE CHATHAM AND LEE COUNTY LINES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH. RESIDENTS OF LEE...HOKE... AND HARNETT COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE THEIR MOTION AND MAINTAIN THEIR STRENGTH...THEY WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THOSE COUNTIES BEFORE 530 PM. THE SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. LISTEN TO RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLY WARNING5S. LGL
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 4:50 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
NCZ006-007-009-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC 450 PM EDT MON AUG 20 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS.. NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PARTS OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT OF NC... AT 445 PM RADAR SHOWED MOST OF THE STRONG STORMS IN THE STATE ROUGHLY BETWEEN ASHEVILLE AND CHARLOTTE AND BETWEEN CHARLOTTE AND FAYETTEVILLE. NOT MUCH WAS GOING ON IN ALLEGHANY..WILKES..SURRY OR ALEXANDER COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHERN FOOTHILLS OR ANY OF THE NORTHWEST PIEDMONT. THE POSSIBILITY STILL EXISTS THAT SOME STRONG STORMS COULD DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. PERSONS IN WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FORH THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IF STORMS APPROACH. RBN
Special weather statement, Aug 21, 5:04 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
NCZ003>005-014-015-212200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC 503 PM EDT TUE AUG 21 1990 HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO DRENCH SOME PARTS OF THE SANDHILLS. AT 5 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN LEE COUNTY AND HOKE COUNTY. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT ONLY 15 MPH. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALLY EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE IN HARNETT COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST...HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY GUSTY WIND COULD AFFECT PORTIhONS OF THOSE COUNTIES BEFORE 6 PM. LGL
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.