Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1998, 11:15 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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, 11:15 PM EDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1998, 12:05 AM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sampson County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 11:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Clinton, 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
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1629 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
349 WUUS1 KRDU 040316 RRA SVRRDU NCC163-040405- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1115 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SAMPSON COUNTY * UNTIL 1205 AM EDT * AT 1114 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF SALEMBURG... MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... NEAR MIDWAY BY 1115 PM NEAR CLINTON BY 1130 PM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS 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, 9:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
940 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0914 PM SCOTLAND NECK NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 HALIFAX
0920 PM DURHAM NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 DURHAM DURHAM FIRE DEPT REPORTED
0927 PM NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 WAKE GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY RDU AIRPORT
AUTHORITY AT RDU
0930 PM NC 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 WAKE 3 MI SOUTH OF RDU REPORTED
BY SKYWARNLocal storm report, Jun 3, 9:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
953 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0925 PM BURLINGTON NC WIND DAMAGE
06/03/98 ALAMANCE NUMEROUS TREES DOWN
BURLINGTON AREA
0940 PM RALEIGH DURHAM ARPT NC 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 WAKE AIRPORT OBSERVER REPORTED
1 INCH HAIL
0946 PM RALEIGH NC 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 WAKE SKYWARN REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL ON POOL RD IN
EAST RALEIGHLocal storm report, Jun 3, 9:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
955 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0953 PM CLAYTON NC 1 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 JOHNSTON SKYWARN REPORTED QUARTER
SIZE HAIL IN CLAYTONLocal storm report, Jun 3, 10:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1004 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM EFLAND NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 ORANGE SPOTTER REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL NEAR EFLAND
0940 PM CHAPEL HILL NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 ORANGE I40 AND AIRPORT ROAD
SKYWARN REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL
1000 PM ARCHERS LODGE NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 JOHNSTON SKYWARN REPORTED GOLF BALL
SIZE HAIL IN ARCHERS LODGELocal storm report, Jun 3, 10:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1040 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM WELCOME NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 DAVIDSON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
WELCOME
1024 PM NC WIND DAMAGE
06/03/98 WAKE TREES DOWN IN HOLLY
SPRINGS REPORTED BY HAM
OPERATORLocal storm report, Jun 3, 10:40 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1040 PM EDT WED JUN 03 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM WELCOME NC .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98 DAVIDSON DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN
WELCOME
1024 PM NC WIND DAMAGE
06/03/98 WAKE TREES DOWN IN HOLLY
SPRINGS REPORTED BY HAM
OPERATORThe 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, 9:29 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 |
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.