Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1996, 8:47 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 13 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
- May 29, 1996, 8:47 PM EDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1996, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 13 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 8:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Fremont, 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 1587 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.3
- Supercell composite
- -1.4
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, 1 hour 16 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 WAKELocal storm report, May 29, 7:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 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 LIBERTYLocal storm report, May 29, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 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, 53 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 TVThe 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, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 30 min |
| May 29, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Wake | 40 min |
| May 29, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 39 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.