Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Wakefield, VA
NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 15, 1996, 3:32 PM EST for Chowan County, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 min. 2 reports 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
- Mar 15, 1996, 3:32 PM EST (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 1996, 4:00 PM EST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wakefield, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chowan County, NC, Perquimans County, NC
The radar
The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:45 PM EST | Hail 0.5 | Edenton, NC | |
| Mar 15, 3:45 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind | Winfall, 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.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wakefield, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 2:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Norfolk, City of Portsmouth | 35 min |
| Mar 15, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 33 min |
| Mar 15, 2:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Camden, Gates, Pasquotank | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.