Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 4:16 PM EDT for Randolph County, North Carolina. It was in force for 44 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
- Jun 8, 1990, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Randolph 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:25 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Randolph, 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 KGSO 082016
SVRGSO
NCC151-082100-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
416 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
RANDOLPH
AT 415 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN ASHEBORO
AND HIGH ROCK LAKE IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM..GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING.
THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE THE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS..CREEKS..
UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING ROADWAYS. AVOID DRIVING ACROSS AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
RBNWhat 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, Jun 8, 10:52 AM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
VAZ009-081630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 1050 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN CRAIG COUNTY BUT HAS SEEN DECREASED IN INTENSITY. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS BEDFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES IT COULD STILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HUDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 10:54 AM EDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
VAZ009-081630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 1050 AM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING NORTHWEST BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA. THIS STORM PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN CRAIG COUNTY BUT HAS SINCE DECREASED IN INTENSITY. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS BEDFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 TO 45 MINUTES IT COULD STILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HUDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
VA008-009-081900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 230 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA.. AT 230 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR SMITH MOUNTAIN LAKE SOUTHWEST INTO EASTERN PATRICK COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM APPEARS TO BE OVER NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. CG
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:12 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
VAZ009-082015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LYNCHBURG VA 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY... AT 310 PM EDT..NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES A THUNDERSTORM ENTERING SOUTHERN BEDFORD COUNTY VIRGINIA MOVING NORTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH. AS THIS STORM MOVES ACROSS BEDFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR IT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. HUDGINS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 3:46 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
VAZALL-082100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
330 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN AND
WEST CENTRAL VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 10 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF VIRGINIA. IN THE
ROANOKE WEATHER OFFICE AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY...THE WATCH AREA
GENERALLY COVERS ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUTAINS FROM
JUST NORTH OF BEDFORD IN BEDFORD COUNTY SOUTHWEST ALONG THE BLUE
RIDGES THROUGH FRANKLIN AND PATRICK COUNTIES AND EASTWARD. THE
CITY OF ROANOKE IS NOT INCLUDED.
AT 330 PM ONLY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DOTTED AROUND
AND EAST OF ROANOKE...NONE OF WHICH WAS SEVERE. HOWEVER PERSONS
IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT AND LISTEN TO MEDIA SOURCES
IN THE EVENT WARMINGS FOR SPECIFIC STORMS BECOMES NECESSARY.
END/MCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 4:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Iredell | 59 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.