Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1994, 6:31 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 1, 1994, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1994, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harnett County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 298 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 659 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 215 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, May 1, 3:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
NCZ007>012-024>028-040>044-075>079-085-086-088-091-012200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 355 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM... AT 350 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING A FEW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE COASTAL PLAIN OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL NASH COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF NASHVILLE. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN NASH COUNTY AND IN SCOTLAND COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST NEAR 30 MPH. REMEMBER ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE COVER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND/OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WWUS35KWBC -
Special weather statement, May 1, 4:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
NCZ007-008-009-010-011-012-024-025-026-027-028-040-041-042-043- 044-075-076-077-078-079-085-086-088-091-012215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 424 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 420 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN... SANDHILLS AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN HALIFAX COUNTY BETWEEN CROWELLS AND SCOTLAND NECK. THIS STORM MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN HALIFAX AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH...IN CHATHAM COUNTY NEAR MONCURE AND IN SCOTLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND\POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CARR
Special weather statement, May 1, 4:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
NCZ007-008-009-010-011-012-024-025-026-027-028-040-041-042-043- 044-075-076-077-078-079-085-086-088-091-012215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 424 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 1994 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 8 PM EDT... AT 420 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAIN... SANDHILLS AND NORTHEAST PIEDMONT OF NORTH CAROLINA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED IN HALIFAX COUNTY BETWEEN CROWELLS AND SCOTLAND NECK. THIS STORM MAY BE PRODUCING SOME SMALL HAIL AS IT MOVES ACROSS EASTERN HALIFAX AND SOUTHWESTERN NORTHAMPTON COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN WAKE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF RALEIGH...IN CHATHAM COUNTY NEAR MONCURE AND IN SCOTLAND AND HOKE COUNTIES. ALL ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALL THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO AND LOCAL TV FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND\POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CARR
Local storm report, May 1, 5:34 PM EDT, 57 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
534 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 1994
TIME EVENT
535 PM EDT JOHNSTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
5 MILES EAST OF SMITHFIELD AND ALSO DIME SIZE HAIL
EXTREME SOUTHERN JOHNSTON NEAR SAMPSON COUNTY LINE.
EVENTS OCCURRING AT TIME OF CALL FROM SHERIFF`S
OFFICE.
KKLocal storm report, May 1, 5:37 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
534 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 1994
TIME EVENT
535 PM EDT JOHNSTON COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
t 5 MILES EAST OF SMITHFIELD AND ALSO DIME SIZE HAIL
EXTREME SOUTHERN JOHNSTON NEAR SAMPSON COUNTY LINE.
EVENTS OCCURRING AT TIME OF CALL FROM SHERIFF`S
OFFICE.
KKLocal storm report, May 1, 6:00 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
557 PM EDT SUN MAY 01 1994
TIME EVENT
558 PM EDT EDGECOMBE COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...QUARTER SIZE HAIL
SOUTHERN EDGECOMBE COUNTY NEAR MACCLESFIELD AND ALSO DIME
SIZE JUST NORTH OF MACCLESFIELD IN PINETOPS.
KKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 1:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 35 min |
| May 1, 2:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 54 min |
| May 1, 5:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 38 min |
| May 1, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 36 min |
| May 1, 5:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 1, 5:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 25 min |
| May 1, 6:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 23 min |
| May 1, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 35 min |
| May 1, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 25 min |
| May 1, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Pitt | 37 min |
| May 1, 7:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston | 26 min |
| May 1, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 29 min |
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.