Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 12:51 AM EDT for Montgomery 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 15, 1998, 12:51 AM EDT (04:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 1:25 AM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Montgomery County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 1:05 AM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Uwharie, NC | Dime size hail fell with thunderstorms over northwest Montgomery county around Badin Lake and the Uwarrie National Forest. Frequent lightning accompanied these storms. |
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 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 150451 RRA SVRRDU NCC123-150525- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1251 AM EDT MON JUN 15 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY * UNTIL 125 AM EDT * AT 1250 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TROY... MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LOVEJOY AROUND 1255 AM EDT STEEDS AROUND 100 AM EDT THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! PWB/RA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 1:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 1:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 35 min |
| Jun 15, 1:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Randolph | 49 min |
| Jun 15, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 46 min |
| Jun 15, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 35 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.