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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 184, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 10, 1998Anson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1998, 8:31 AM EDT for Anson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1998, 8:31 AM EDT (12:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1998, 9:00 AM EDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Anson County, NC

The radar

The Columbia radar (KCAE), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 10, 8:30 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1998-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 87 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1998-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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, 2 hours 1 minute 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
Local storm report, Jun 10, 8:31 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 8:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHStanly32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.