Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1998, 4:56 PM EDT for Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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 27, 1998, 4:56 PM EDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1998, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richmond 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 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
974 WUUS1 KRDU 272057 RRA SVRRDU NCC153-272130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 456 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY * UNTIL 530 PM EDT * AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMLET... MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HAMLET AROUND 510 PM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS RAN
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
Special weather statement, May 27, 11:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-281600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1145 AM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 ..ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THE AIR MASS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES TO BE UNSTABLE. WEAK LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE AIR OVER NORTH CAROLINA. A LACK OF MOISTURE ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL LIMIT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS IS POSSIBLE. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WITH MOST ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE COASTAL PLAINS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST NORTH OF A ASHEBORO-GOLDSBORO LINE...BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT....ALTHOUGH A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INTO TONIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE MAINLY FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT...LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER...SHOULD IT DEVELOP...IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED. JBM ********************************************************************* 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 27, 11:45 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-281600- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1145 AM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 ..ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THE AIR MASS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA CONTINUES TO BE UNSTABLE. WEAK LOW PRESSURE EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON...FURTHER DESTABILIZING THE AIR OVER NORTH CAROLINA. A LACK OF MOISTURE ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL LIMIT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT BUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS IS POSSIBLE. THE CHANCE FOR RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL END FROM THE WEST TONIGHT WITH MOST ACTIVITY MOVING INTO THE COASTAL PLAINS AROUND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE POSSIBILITY FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST NORTH OF A ASHEBORO-GOLDSBORO LINE...BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT....ALTHOUGH A RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL EXIST ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA INTO TONIGHT. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE MAINLY FROM DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT...LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON OR TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH SEVERE WEATHER...SHOULD IT DEVELOP...IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED. JBM ********************************************************************* 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 27, 2:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
213 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0209 PM LAURINBURG NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 SCOTLAND SCOTLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE
HAIL IN LAURINBURGLocal storm report, May 27, 4:19 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
419 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0408 PM RAEFORD NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 HOKE SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL IN THE AREA OF
TIMBERLAND AND RAEFORD.
STRONG WINDS REPORTED WITH
ONE TREE DOWN ON A ROAD.
0413 PM CLINTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 SAMPSON LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED
DIME-SIZE HAIL IN CLINTON.Local storm report, May 27, 4:19 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
419 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0408 PM RAEFORD NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 HOKE SHERIFFS DEPT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL IN THE AREA OF
TIMBERLAND AND RAEFORD.
STRONG WINDS REPORTED WITH
ONE TREE DOWN ON A ROAD.
0413 PM CLINTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 SAMPSON LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED
DIME-SIZE HAIL IN CLINTON.The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 32 min |
| May 26, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 16 min |
| May 26, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 47 min |
| May 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 15 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 31 min |
| May 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| May 26, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 23 min |
| May 26, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 27, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 36 min |
| May 27, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Richmond | 32 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 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.