Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 16, 1998, 12:52 PM EST for Harnett County, Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
- Jan 16, 1998, 12:52 PM EST (17:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 16, 1998, 1:25 PM EST
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 1:00 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Dunn, 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
310 WUUS1 KRDU 161754 RRA SVRRDU NCC085-101-161825- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1252 PM EST FRI JAN 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME EASTERN HARNETT COUNTY WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY * UNTIL 125 PM EST * THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF DUNN AND ERWIN IN EASTERN HARNETT COUNTY BENSON IN WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY. * A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO EXTREME EASTERN HARNETT WILL CONTINUE MOVING NORTH INTO WESTERN JOHNSTON COUNTY BY 110 PM. DELGADO
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, Jan 16, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-170200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1130 AM EDT FRI JAN 16 1998 THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT. THERE IS A LIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF A RALEIGH-LEXINGTON LINE. THE THREAT IS FOR GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT...HAIL. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTH GEORGIA WILL LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY SUNSET TODAY. WARM MOIST AIR JUST ALOFT FROM THE SURFACE WILL BE FURTHER DESTABILIZED AS COLD AIR IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWS MOVES OVER NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. NON-SEVERE PEA SIZED HAIL WILL BE LIKLEY WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. SEVERE WEATHER IF ANY SHOULD BE ISOLATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. RLH ********************************************************************* 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 WAYNE WILSON
Special weather statement, Jan 16, 11:39 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-170200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1130 AM EDT FRI JAN 16 1998 THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT. THERE IS A LIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH OF A RALEIGH-LEXINGTON LINE. THE THREAT IS FOR GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS...AND TO A LESSER EXTENT...HAIL. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN SOUTH GEORGIA WILL LIFT RAPIDLY NORTHEAST TO THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST BY SUNSET TODAY. WARM MOIST AIR JUST ALOFT FROM THE SURFACE WILL BE FURTHER DESTABILIZED AS COLD AIR IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOWS MOVES OVER NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. NON-SEVERE PEA SIZED HAIL WILL BE LIKLEY WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. SEVERE WEATHER IF ANY SHOULD BE ISOLATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. RLH ********************************************************************* 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 WAYNE WILSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 3:57 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Chatham | 4 hr |
| Jan 16, 5:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Wake | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.