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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 29, 1996Durham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT for Durham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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: May 29, 1996, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 1996, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Durham County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 29, 8:35 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Durham, NC
May 29, 8:35 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Durham, 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.

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

Local storm report, May 29, 7:31 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
731 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0728 PM    ZEBULON                   NC   1 INCH HAIL
05/29/96   WAKE

Local storm report, May 29, 7:41 PM EDT, 34 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
741 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0723 PM                              NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/29/96   GUILFORD                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 4 MILES
                                          N OF LIBERTY

Local storm report, May 29, 7:45 PM EDT, 30 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
745 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0725 PM                              NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/29/96   RICHMOND                       DOWN TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES. HWY 1 SOUTH IN
                                          SOUTHERN RICHMOND CO.

Local storm report, May 29, 7:54 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
753 PM EDT WED MAY 29 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0750 PM              0                NC   1 INCH HAIL NORTHERN
05/29/96   JOHNSTON                       JOHNSTON COUNTY FROM
                                          WRAL TV

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 8:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne, Wilson	41 min
May 29, 8:13 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Hoke	32 min
May 29, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Wake	40 min
May 29, 8:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wayne	13 min
May 29, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland	39 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1996 Every 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.