Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 27, 1998, 9:46 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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 27, 1998, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1998, 10:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wake County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 10:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Garner, 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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
- 512 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
601 WUUS1 KRDU 280147 RRA SVRRDU NCC183-280220- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 946 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN WAKE COUNTY * UNTIL 1020 PM EDT * AT 945 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHEAST OF FUQUAY VARINA... MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MCCULLERS AROUND 950 PM EDT GARNER AND AUBURN AROUND 10 PM EDT DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS RFG
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, 4 hours 21 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, 4 hours 5 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, 3 hours 58 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, 3 hours 16 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.Local storm report, May 27, 7:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 34 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 HAILLocal storm report, May 27, 7:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 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.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.