Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1998, 7:51 AM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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 23, 1998, 7:51 AM EDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1998, 8:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sampson County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:15 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Mc Clam Xrds, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
297 WUUS1 KRDU 231153 RRA SVRRDU NCC163-231240- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 751 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN SAMPSON COUNTY * UNTIL 840 AM EDT * AT 750 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM SIX MILES NORTH OF AUTRYVILLE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ROSEBORO VICINITY NEAR 815 AM MCDANIELS NEAR 825 AM THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. RLH
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 23, 6:54 AM EDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
654 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 AM BENNETT NC .88 INCH HAIL
05/23/98 CHATHAM NICKEL SIZED HAIL REPORTED
JUST NORTH OF BENNETT IN
SW CHATHAM COUNTY
0650 AM OLIVIA NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/23/98 HARNETT NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZED
HAIL REPORTED IN OLIVIASpecial weather statement, May 23, 7:00 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-231515- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 700 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998 ..ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) A COLD FRONT LOCATED SOUTH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE STATE AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE DAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR AN UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 AM. RHJ ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 7:00 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-231515- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 700 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998 ..ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY AND TONIGHT... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) A COLD FRONT LOCATED SOUTH OF THE STATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE STATE AS A WARM FRONT THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT THROUGH THE DAY. A FEW STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR AN UPDATED SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AROUND 11 AM. RHJ ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON
Local storm report, May 23, 7:35 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
735 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 AM ANDERSON CREEK NC WIND DAMAGE
05/23/98 HARNETT 3-4 HOMES WITH TREES ON
THEM...PERHAPS MOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Lee | 33 min |
| May 23, 6:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 32 min |
| May 23, 7:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 47 min |
| May 23, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| May 23, 11:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 50 min |
| May 23, 12:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 31 min |
| May 23, 12:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 30 min |
| May 23, 12:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 33 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1998Every 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.