Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1998, 7:11 PM EDT for Alamance 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
- Jun 3, 1998, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Alamance County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Elon College, NC | Local law enforcement and spotters reported numerous trees blown down across areas from Elon College to Burlington and Graham. Several thousand people lost power in central Alamance 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
048 WUUS1 KRDU 032313 RRA SVRRDU NCC001-032345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 711 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... ALAMANCE COUNTY * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 711 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF ALTAMAHAW... MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ALTAMAHAW AROUND 712 PM UNION RIDGE AROUND 720 PM PLEASANT GROVE AROUND 725 PM MEBANE AND I-40/85 AROUND 740 PM 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. JWC
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 3, 5:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
557 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0549 PM NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 PERSON GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY SKYWARN ON
NC49 N ON GRANVILLE/PERSON
COUNTY LINE
0550 PM NC 58 MPH TSTM GUST
06/03/98 PERSON TREES DOWN ON EPHESUS
CHURCH RD ABOUT 5 MI N OF
HYCO DAMLocal storm report, Jun 3, 6:39 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
639 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0631 PM ASHEBORO NC WIND DAMAGE
06/03/98 RANDOLPH POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN
IN ASHEBORO...ROOF BLOWN
OFF HOUSE UNDER
CONSTRUCTION IN ROSEMAN.
0633 PM OXFORD NC WIND DAMAGE
06/03/98 GRANVILLE TREES DOWN IN
OXFORD...POWER LINES DOWN
6 MILES N OF ASHEBORO.
DIME SIZE HAIL.
0635 PM HENDERSON NC 1.25 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 VANCE HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL
REPORTED FIVE MILES SOUTH
OF HENDERSON.
0637 PM SILER CITY NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 CHATHAM DIME SIZE HAIL IN SILER
CITY.Local storm report, Jun 3, 6:57 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
657 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0648 PM NC .88 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 GRANVILLE HAIL 1 IN. SIZE IN
N.GRANVILLE NEAR HAROLD O
BRIEN AND SALEM ROAD.
0653 PM LOUISBURG NC WIND DAMAGE
06/03/98 FRANKLIN TREES DOWN...PUMPHOUSE
BLOWN DOWN. MARBEL SIZE
HAIL REPORTED.The 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 2, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Lee | 49 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, 7:16 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
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.