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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wilmington, NC

May 27, 1998Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1998, 5:33 PM EDT for Bladen County, Robeson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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 27, 1998, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 1998, 6:10 PM EDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, NC
Area: Whole counties

Counties Bladen County, NC, Robeson County, NC

The radar

The Wilmington radar (KLTX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 6:05 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 60	Dublin, NC	Thunderstorm winds downed trees onto power lines in Dublin, and in White Lake a tree fell on and destroyed a mobile home.

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 watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 27, 1:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

285 
WUUS1 KILM 272133 RRA
SVRILM
NCC017-272140-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
533 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A...

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  
  NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  
* UNTIL 610 PM EDT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AMMON TO FAIRMONT. THE
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL
PASS MAINLY ACROSS AN AREA NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM EVERGREEN
TO KELLY.


DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE EXPECTED. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...EXCEPT IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

HOEHLER/HEWITT

1 follow-up statement

292 
WUUS1 KILM 272135 RRB
SVRILM
NCC017-NCC155-272210-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
533 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A...

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  ROBESON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA
  BLADEN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

* UNTIL 610 PM EDT

A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM AMMON TO FAIRMONT. THE
STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS WILL
PASS MAINLY ACROSS AN AREA NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM EVERGREEN
TO KELLY.


DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING
ARE EXPECTED. SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED...EXCEPT IN AN EMERGENCY. MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

HOEHLER/HEWITT

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 May 27, 3:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
312 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

RAH: KP HI CHC THIS EVNG & THEN CAN LET GO. MINS 70 W/DENSE FG.
THU-FRI... ANY POPS WUD SUGGEST 20% BOTH DAYS W/MAXS UPPER 80S.
CCFS BLO. CWF: SW BECMG NW LATE. THU...THKG ABT GOING VRBL INTO
FRI. NO FLAGS

CAE: KPS CHC INTO THE EVNG & THEN LET GO. NO POP TIL FRI. MINS TNGT
NR 70 WMAXZS BOTH THU-FRI 85-90 MYR LOWER 90S FLO. CCFS BLO. CWF:
SW DIR TNGT BECMG VRBL OR S THU-FRI. ANY OBJECTIONS?.

ZNS:RUNNG LATE. LATEST ADAP SHOWED MCON PULLG AWAY FM NC CWA BUT MCON
STL BK OVER WRN NC/SC WHR DECENT THETA E ADVECTN IS LOCATED. STL
SOME TSRA TO DEAL W/TIL LATE EVNG. GOES EXP SNDG GAVE FLO CAPE NR
2500 W/KI INDEX OF 34 @ 16Z. VIS IMAGERY SHOWG CELLS OVER GA/WRN SC
MOVG E. LIS UP THERE AS WELL. S/WV MOVS ON THRU TNT PUSHG FNT W/DRI
BECMG W. DENSE FOG TNGT ESP IN RNFL AREAS. STL SOME INSTABLITY
CONTG OVER NC CWA INTO FRI WARRANTG SML POP. AREA GETS UNDER WK HI
PRES THU-FRI W/WK IMPULSE MOVG ACRS NC ON FRI @ H5 WCH MGT B ENUF
TO SUPPORT A POP. HAVEN/T HAD MUCH TIME TO LUK AT THGS. ANYWAY YOU
SLICE IT...IT WL CONT WARM & HUMID. LIKE FWC VALUES FOR MINS & JUST
SHY OF FWC ON MAXS. WL NEED TO WATCH WHAT HAPPNES W/SYSM IN THE GULF
OF MEX.

CWF: THX TO JCI (CHS) FOR HANDLG MARINE. AM PLANNG TO LEAN W/LGT S
WINDS OR EVEN VRBL DIR LATE THU-FRI. NO FLAGS W/SFC HI PRES
CENTERED OVER THE CWA. WL TRY TO GET WRKCWF UP TO U ASAP.

CCFS: ILM 072/089 068/091 067 521
      FLO 068/092 067/093 068 411

JOE

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 27, 1:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
148 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

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

0146 PM    LORIS                     SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   HORRY                          WIND GUST IN EXCESS OF 55
                                          MPH

0147 PM    3 MILES NW OF WILMINGTON  NC   .75 INCH HAIL ALONG
05/27/98   NEW HANOVER                    HIGHWAY 421

JAH

Local storm report, May 27, 2:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
218 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

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

155 PM     ASH                       NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   BRUNSWICK                      BRUNSWICK COUNTY 911
                                          REPORTED A LARGE TREE DOWN
                                          ON BIG NECK ROAD IN THE
                                          TOWN OF ASH

PJK

Local storm report, May 27, 2:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
218 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

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

155 PM     ASH                       NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   BRUNSWICK                      BRUNSWICK COUNTY 911
                                          REPORTED A LARGE TREE DOWN
                                          ON BIG NECK ROAD IN THE
                                          TOWN OF ASH

PJK

Local storm report, May 27, 3:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
345 PM EST WED MAY 27 1998

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

148 PM     WILMINGTON                NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   NEW HANOVER                    NEW HANOVER COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON N.
                                          COLLEGE ROAD

210 PM     HAMPSTEAD                 NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98   PENDER                         SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL AND TREES
                                          LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN THE
                                          TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD

245 PM     HAMPSTEAD                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   PENDER                         PENDER COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          REPORTED TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES BLOWN DOWN IN THE
                                          TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD

300 PM     BURGAW                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   PENDER                         COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A
                                          TREE DOWN ON THE PENDERLEA
                                          HWY...4 MILES NORTH OF TOWN
                                          OF BURGAW

305 PM     HAMPSTEAD                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   PENDER                         COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                                          TREES DOWN ON SEVERAL
                                          RESIDENCES IN THE TOWN OF
                                          HAMPSTEAD

305 PM     WILMINGTON                NC   FLOODING
05/27/98   NEW HANOVER                    COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                                          FLOODING AT THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF BAYSHORE
                                          DRIVE AND MARKET STREET

PJK

Local storm report, May 27, 4:45 PM EDT, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
345 PM EST WED MAY 27 1998

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

148 PM     WILMINGTON                NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   NEW HANOVER                    NEW HANOVER COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          REPORTED A TREE DOWN ON N.
                                          COLLEGE ROAD

210 PM     HAMPSTEAD                 NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98   PENDER                         SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL AND TREES
                                          LIMBS BLOWN DOWN IN THE
                                          TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD

245 PM     HAMPSTEAD                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   PENDER                         PENDER COUNTY SHERIFF
                                          REPORTED TREES AND POWER
                                          LINES BLOWN DOWN IN THE
                                          TOWN OF HAMPSTEAD

300 PM     BURGAW                    NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   PENDER                         COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A
                                          TREE DOWN ON THE PENDERLEA
                                          HWY...4 MILES NORTH OF TOWN
                                          OF BURGAW

305 PM     HAMPSTEAD                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   PENDER                         COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                                          TREES DOWN ON SEVERAL
                                          RESIDENCES IN THE TOWN OF
                                          HAMPSTEAD

305 PM     WILMINGTON                NC   FLOODING
05/27/98   NEW HANOVER                    COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
                                          FLOODING AT THE
                                          INTERSECTION OF BAYSHORE
                                          DRIVE AND MARKET STREET

PJK

Local storm report, May 27, 4:58 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
454 PM EST WED MAY 27 1998

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

433 PM     BENNETTSVILLE             SC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   MARLBORO                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          POWER OUTAGES DUE TO
                                          WIND GUSTS

445 PM     3 MI E BENNETTSVILLE      SC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98   MARLBORO                       SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          MARBLE SIZED HAIL BETWEEN
                                          BENNETTSVILLE AND CLIO

HOEHLER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 27, 1:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick, Columbus	46 min
May 27, 1:42 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	48 min
May 27, 2:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Brunswick	49 min
May 27, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	New Hanover, Pender	48 min
May 27, 2:41 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILM	Brunswick, New Hanover, Pender	94 min
May 27, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	46 min
May 27, 5:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	45 min
May 27, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Bladen	45 min
May 27, 7:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Robeson	35 min
May 27, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	30 min
May 27, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILM	Columbus	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1998 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.