Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 151, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1998, 8:31 PM EDT for Harnett County, Lee County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
- Jun 2, 1998, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1998, 9:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harnett County, NC, Lee County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:40 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Sanford, NC | A supercell storm blew down many trees as it passed through the eastern half of the county. |
| Jun 2, 8:43 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Broadway, NC | |
| Jun 2, 8:45 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Spout Spgs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1831 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1275 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 77 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 16.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
189 WUUS1 KRDU 030032 RRA SVRRDU NCC085-105-030120- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 831 PM EDT TUE JUN 2 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... HARNETT COUNTY LEE COUNTY * UNTIL 920 PM EDT * AT 829 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF MONCURE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 50 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... COLON SANFORD SEMINOLE MAMERS LILLINGTON GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. TAKE SHELTER THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. 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, Jun 2, 8:17 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
817 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 PM BURLINGTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ALAMANCE ALAMANCE COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED DIME
SIZED HAIL IN BURLINGTON
AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
AROUND THE COUNTY.Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:26 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
826 PM EDT TUE JUN 02 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0821 PM NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CHATHAM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL, WIND
GUSTS TO 60 TO 70 MPH,
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
0823 PM CHAPEL HILL WLLMS ARPT NC .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 ORANGE PILOT REPORTED DIME-NICKLE
SIZE HAIL
0825 PM PITTSBORO NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/98 CHATHAM SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL AT 825The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Orange | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 5:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 5:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 6:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 6:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 17 min |
| Jun 3, 6:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 48 min |
| Jun 3, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 6:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 7:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Nash | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 50 min |
| Jun 3, 7:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 34 min |
| Jun 3, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 7:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Wilson | 35 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.