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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 3, 1998Durham County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1998, 9:06 PM EDT for Durham 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, 9:06 PM EDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1998, 9:40 PM EDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Durham County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Durham, 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 3, 6:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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: 1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.3

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The text

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

644 
WUUS1 KRDU 040108 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC063-040140-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
906 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DURHAM COUNTY

* UNTIL 940 PM EDT

* AT 906 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CHAPEL HILL ... MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
  AROUND 40 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  NEAR SOUTHERN DURHAM AROUND 920 PM
  NEAR OAK GROVE AROUND 925 PM

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE.

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, 7:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
725 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998

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

0715 PM                              NC   1 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   NASH                           NEAR RWI AIRPORT SKYWARN
                                          REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL
                                          AND HEAVY DOWNBURST

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
733 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998

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

0730 PM    SHARPSBURG                NC   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   NASH                           AT 628 PM SKYWARN SPOTTER
                                          INDICATED DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          NEAR SHARPSBURG ON THE
                                          NASH AND WILSON COUNTY
                                          LINE

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
736 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998

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

0734 PM    WILSON                    NC   1 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   WILSON                         SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          OUARTER SIZE HAIL 10 MI
                                          EAST OF WILSON

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
743 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998

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

0740 PM    PINETOPS                  NC   1 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   EDGECOMBE                      SHERIFFS OFFICE @ 735

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
750 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998

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

0749 PM    CEDAR GROVE               NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ORANGE

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
758 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998

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

0740 PM    MACCLESFIELD              NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   EDGECOMBE                      SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
                                          GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL JUST
                                          SOUTH OF MACCLESFIELD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	35 min
Jun 3, 8:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	34 min
Jun 3, 9:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	19 min
Jun 3, 9:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Alamance	36 min
Jun 3, 9:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	51 min
Jun 3, 9:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Orange	36 min
Jun 3, 9:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Warren	36 min
Jun 3, 9:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Johnston	32 min
Jun 3, 9:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Davidson	33 min
Jun 3, 9:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Chatham	33 min
Jun 3, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	36 min
Jun 3, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Randolph	36 min
Jun 3, 10:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Wake	35 min
Jun 3, 10:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	33 min
Jun 3, 10:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Lee	35 min
Jun 3, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Montgomery	34 min
Jun 3, 10:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Cumberland, Harnett	31 min
Jun 3, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Sampson	50 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1998 Every 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.