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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 27, 1998Moore County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1998, 7:31 PM EDT for Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 1998, 8:05 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Moore County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 27, 7:35 PM EDT	Hail 1	Carthage, NC	Quarter size hail along with strong winds hit portions of Moore county causing several trees to fall.
May 27, 7:40 PM EDT	Hail 1	Eastwood, 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 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 94 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

953 
WUUS1 KRDU 272332 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC125-280005-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
731 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  MOORE COUNTY

* UNTIL 805 PM EDT

* AT 730 PM EDT ...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR EASTWOOD... MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 20
  MPH .

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HILL CREST
  CARTHAGE
  VASS
  CAMERON

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

Local storm report, May 27, 5:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 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 50 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 43 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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.

Local storm report, May 27, 7:12 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
712 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0706 PM    WADEVILLE                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   MONTGOMERY                     ALOT OF TREES DOWN IN
                                          WADESVILLE.

0709 PM    WADEVILLE                 NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98   MONTGOMERY                     REPORTED LOTS OF TREESDOWN
                                          ON HWY 109 SOME CARS
                                          TRAPPED UNDERNEATH...
                                          GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL

Local storm report, May 27, 7:17 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
717 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 PM    NEWTON GROVE              NC   WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98   SAMPSON                        SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          SEVERAL 14 INCH DIAMETER
                                          TREES DOWN ON HIGHWAY
                                          13...4 MILES WEST OF
                                          NEWTON GROVE.

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, 6:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery	35 min
May 27, 7:13 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Montgomery, Richmond	32 min

Nearby

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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.