Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 1996, 2:45 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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 2, 1996, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1996, 3:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sampson County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Harrells, 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 nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1632 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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, Jul 2, 11:46 AM EDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
NCZ001>087-089>104-030400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1141 AM EDT TUE JUL 2 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK... A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 39 min |
| Jul 2, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 29 min |
| Jul 2, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Sampson | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 65 min |
| Jul 2, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 67 min |
| Jul 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 36 min |
| Jul 2, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 52 min |
| Jul 2, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wilson | 41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.