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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 13, 1998Brunswick County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 1998, 8:45 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 1998, 8:45 PM EDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 1998, 9:30 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Brunswick County, NC

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 13, 3:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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.

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 13, 2:28 PM EDT, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:28 PM EDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
228 PM EDT SAT JUN 13 1998

RAH/CAE: CHC IN FOR ERLY TNGT THEN LET GO. SVR MNTN WORTH IT. 70
FOR THE CSTS & UPPER 60S INL. SUN...MS W/SML POP FOR SC CWA. MAXS
90-95 INL TO NR 90 CSTS. REST IS IN THE CCF. CWF: COORD W/MHX...WL
DROP SCA TNGT. OK CHS/CAE?. DIR NW TNGT & THEN SW LATE MON-TUE.
SPDS INCG TUE TO NR 20. NO FLAGS ATTM.

ZNS: 18Z ADAP HAD INCG MCON OVER INL AREAS W/LIS NR -10. SVR POTNTL
IS THERE ESP FM FAY TO RAH-MHX. RESULTANT BNDRY CUD CAUSE CONCERN
HERE AIDG IN CONVERGENCE W/APCHG PRE-FNTL. ETA GARP HAD HIGH SVR
INDEX NR THE CST BY 00Z. GOES SNDGS CAPES IMPRESSIVE W/60 KT JET @
H5 OVER FAY. KP MNTN OF SVR ESP NC THIS EVNG. CD FNT/UPPER VORT MOV
ACRS THE CWA TNGT HELPG TO DRY THGS OUT W/DWPTS DROPPG TO NR 65 BY
12Z. SOME CAA NOTED @ H8. A LTLE REPRIEVE ON MON W/SOME RDGG BUT WE
GO RGT BK INTO THE HEAT/HUMIDITY & THE THREAT FOR MORE TSRA BY MON
AS WARM FNT APCHS FM THE S. SOME POTNTL FOR TSRA ON SUN ESP SC END
W/HEATG & HIER THETA E AIR. ETA GARP/BUFKIT SHOWD 200+ HELICITIES
LATE SUN NGT W/APCH OF S/WV CUTTG THRU THE WK RDG MAINLY AFFECTG
FAY-FLO WWD. THETA E RDG IN THE MIDLANDS/SANDHLS BY 42-48 HRS. UVM
NOTED BY NOT OVERLY STG. GARP INDICATED H8-H7 RH INCG TO 70-80%
W/SOME DIR SHEAR. WAA ALSO IN PLACE 42-48 HRS. ISOLD SVR SUN NGT-
MON MRNG INL?. A FEW MORE RUNS WL CLARIFY THGS. 30% FOR SUN NGT
W/40% ON MON AS WM FNT COMES THRU & INSTABILITY INCS. SOME COOLER
AIR ALF ON MON. CUD B BUSY AGN BY 60 HRS. FAN/FWC CLOSE ON POPS
THRU THE PD. MAY NEED TO BUMP UP SOME ON MON. BLEND OF FAN/FWC FOR
MAXS ON CSTS. FWC USED FOR FAY/LBT. FAN/FWC CLOSE ON MINS.

CWF: SW 15-20 KTS IS ALL WE CUD REALLY MUSTER UP SO FAR. MGT C 20
KTS & GUSTY ERLY W/PER-FNTL & TSRA BUT WL KPP BLO SCA. AS FNT
CROSSES THE AREA OVERNGT...SHUD C DIR GO BK TO W-SW FM 36-48 HRS AS
NEXT BEGINS TO APCH THE AREA.

CCF: ILM 070/090 075/091 074 412
     FLO 068/093 073/092 073 323

THANX FOR COORD JH(MHX).
JOE

In the hours before

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.