Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 30, 1996Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 30, 1996, 1:25 AM EDT for Anson County, Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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
Apr 30, 1996, 1:25 AM EDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1996, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anson County, NC, Stanly County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 30, 1:40 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Badin, NC
Apr 30, 2:00 AM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Anson, 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 Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 1:49 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson56 min
Apr 30, 2:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery, Randolph44 min
Apr 30, 2:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHGuilford44 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.