Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1998, 6:50 PM EDT for Montgomery County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1998, 7:25 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:00 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Uwharie, NC | Golfball size hail fell in Wadesville. Also, numerous large trees were blown down in the Uwharrie National Forest. |
| May 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Hail 4.5 | Troy, NC | Softball size hail fell just west of Pekin in Montgomery county. At least one car was destroyed with others sustaining large dents. Several trees were also downed throughout the county. |
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
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 27, 4:19 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 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, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
525 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM GOLDSBORO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 WAYNE SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR DUDLY.Local storm report, May 27, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
525 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM GOLDSBORO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 WAYNE SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR DUDLY.Local storm report, May 27, 5:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
541 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM GOLDSBORO NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 WAYNE SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN
GOLDSBORO.Local storm report, May 27, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
548 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0447 PM SPIVEYS CORNER NC WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98 SAMPSON SAMPSON COUNTY 911
REPORTED THREE DOWNED
TREES ON MIDWAY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL ROAD IN SPIVEYS
CORNER.Local storm report, May 27, 6:30 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
630 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0626 PM MILLINGPORT NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 STANLY RESIDENT OBSERVED DIME
SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF
MILLINGPORT.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, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 34 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.