Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1998, 11:55 AM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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, 11:55 AM EDT (15:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1998, 12:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnston County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 12:10 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Benson, NC | Several trees were downed in Benson on 210 and Mount Pleasant Road and Amelia Church Road. |
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 23, 11:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 23, 7:35 AM EDT, 4 hours 20 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, 3 hours 36 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 43 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 43 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, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 32 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, 11:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 46 min |
| May 23, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 49 min |
| May 23, 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.