Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1998, 11:14 AM EDT for Nash County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- May 23, 1998, 11:14 AM EDT (15:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1998, 12:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Nash County, NC
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 23, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 761 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
373 WUUS1 KRDU 231516 RRA SVRRDU NCC127-231600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1114 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NASH COUNTY * UNTIL 1200 PM EDT * AT 1115 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUNN... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SPRING HOPE AROUND 1125 AM EDT BAILEY AROUND 1130 AM EDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS RA
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, 7:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 39 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 MORELocal storm report, May 23, 8:19 AM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
819 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0816 AM SANFORD NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/23/98 LEE DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
SANFORD AROUND 645 AMLocal storm report, May 23, 10:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1012 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 AM LILLINGTON 7S NC 1 BARN DESTROYED
05/23/98 HARNETT TREES DOWN...TREE ON TOP OF CAR
STRAIGHT LINE WINDSLocal storm report, May 23, 10:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1012 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1005 AM LILLINGTON 7S NC 1 BARN DESTROYED
05/23/98 HARNETT TREES DOWN...TREE ON TOP OF CAR
STRAIGHT LINE WINDSLocal storm report, May 23, 10:23 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT ...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF OCCURANCE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1023 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 AM LILLINGTON 7S NC 1 BARN DESTROYED
05/23/98 HARNETT TREES DOWN...TREE ON TOP OF CAR
STRAIGHT LINE WINDSLocal storm report, May 23, 10:23 AM EDT, 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT ...CORRECTED FOR TIME OF OCCURANCE...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1023 AM EDT SAT MAY 23 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0700 AM LILLINGTON 7S NC 1 BARN DESTROYED
05/23/98 HARNETT TREES DOWN...TREE ON TOP OF CAR
STRAIGHT LINE WINDSThe 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, 7:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 49 min |
| May 23, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin, Granville | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.