Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1996, 5:38 PM EDT for New Hanover County, Pender County, North Carolina. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 30, 1996, 5:38 PM EDT (21:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1996, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties New Hanover County, NC, Pender County, NC
The radar
The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 5:55 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Rocky Pt, 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 Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Robeson | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Marlboro | 63 min |
| Jul 30, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Dillon | 51 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.