Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1990, 10:20 PM EDT for Alexander County, North Carolina. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1990, 10:20 PM EDT (02:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1990, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alexander 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KGSO 090220
SVRGSO
NCC003-090300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENSBORO NC
1020 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
ALEXANDER
AT 1018 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ON THE SOUTHERN
ALEXANDER..CALDWELL COUTNY LINE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH.
1 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED OVER CALDWELL COUNTY WITH THIS STORM
AT 1015 PM.
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 FREQUE'NT DEADLY LIGHTNING.
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
Local storm report, Jun 8, 4:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
430 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
DATE TIME/L EVENT
6/8/90 1348--1410Z SVR TSTM. 3/4 INCH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS
REPORTED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE AND
HIGHWAY DEPT. PERSONNEL VCNTY OF
NEWCASTLE, CRAIG COUNTY.
WBCSVRROA 1342Z IN EFFECT.
6/8/90 1815Z--1825Z SVR TSTM. GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED
SMITH MT. LAKE AREA BY SHERIFFS
OFFICE IN ROCKY MT, VA.
WBCSVRRrOA IN EFFECT.
END/HMSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 6:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
VAZ008-009-090000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
600 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST
PIEDMONT AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF THE
SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL
10 PM FOR EASTERN HENRY...PITTSYLVANIA...CAMPBELL...AMHERST AND
APPOMATTOX COUNTIES AND EXTENDING EASTWARD INTO EASTERN VIRGINIA.
AT 530 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER
EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND ALSO OVER NORTH CAROLINA. ONLY A FEW SCATTERED
SHOWERS WERE DETECTED IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS
TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS THAT REMAIN IN
THE WATCH AREA SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER CONDITIONS UNTIL 10 PM
...AS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD STILL DEVELOP. END/JJSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 7:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
VAZ008-009-090200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA
750 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990
....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA..AND MOST OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL OF THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS OF VIRGINIA. IN THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT...ONLY
HALIFAX AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES REMAIN UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 10 PM.
AT 745 PM EDT RADAR WAS DETECTING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA SOUTH OF THE RICHMOND AREA...
GENERALLY EAST OF HALIFAX AND COUNTIES. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO
TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH.
PEOPLE IN HALIFAX AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER UNTIL 10 PM. END/JJSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 8:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
VAZ008-009-090200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROANOKE VA 900 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 1990 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE REST OF THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT OF VIRGINIA...A THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHARLOTTE AND HALIFAX COUNTIES IN THE SOUTHWEST PIEDMONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. END/JJ
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.