Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1998, 9:29 PM EDT for Orange County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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, 9:29 PM EDT (01:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1998, 10:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Orange County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 9:30 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Efland, 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, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 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
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2 hours 4 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 DOWNBURSTLocal storm report, Jun 3, 7:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 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
LINELocal storm report, Jun 3, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 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 WILSONLocal storm report, Jun 3, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 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 @ 735Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 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 ORANGELocal storm report, Jun 3, 7:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 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 MACCLESFIELDThe 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, 9:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 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, 9:39 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, 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.