Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 183, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 8:08 AM EDT for Stanly County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 10, 1998, 8:08 AM EDT (12:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1998, 8:40 AM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stanly County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:10 AM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Oakboro, 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 nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
484 WUUS1 KRDU 101209 RRA SVRRDU NCC167-101240- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 808 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN STANLY COUNTY * UNTIL 840 AM EDT * AT AT 805 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CONCORD... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOCUST AROUND 815 AM EDT OAKBORO AROUND 825 AM EDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS RA
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
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-110000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 630 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL...OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GREATEST SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREENSBORO TO RALEIGH TO GOLDSBORO. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ORIENTED NORTHWEST-TO-SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA WILL HOLD FAIRLY STATIONARY TODAY AND TONIGHT. WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY... THE HEATING OF THE DAY WILL PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. HARTFIELD ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN t WAYNE WILSON
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-110000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 630 AM EDT WED JUN 10 1998 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL...OVER SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE GREATEST SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GREENSBORO TO RALEIGH TO GOLDSBORO. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ORIENTED NORTHWEST-TO-SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA WILL HOLD FAIRLY STATIONARY TODAY AND TONIGHT. WITH MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY... THE HEATING OF THE DAY WILL PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON... AND CONTINUING INTO TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS... AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL. OVER NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... AN ISOLATED STORM OR TWO COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY. ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK WILL BE ISSUED BY 1130 AM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. HARTFIELD ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN t WAYNE WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 8:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson | 29 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.