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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 26, 1998Forsyth County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1998, 7:12 PM EDT for Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was in force for 58 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 26, 1998, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1998, 8:10 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Forsyth County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 7:29 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Rural Hall, NCSeveral trees were uprooted or limbs town off in northern Forsyth county as a thunderstorm moved east. The damage began at Rural Hall and continued to the Walkertown area.

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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 32 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 1998-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1279 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 1998-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1418 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

802 
WUUS1 KRDU 262313 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC067-270010-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
712 PM EDT FRI JUN 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  FORSYTH COUNTY

* UNTIL 810 PM EDT

* AT AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
  INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHWEST CORNER OF FORSYTH COUNTY
  BETWEEN BETHANIA AND RURAL HALL... MOVING DRIFTING EAST ABOUT 10
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  PFAFFTOWN
  STANLEYVILLE
  WALKERTOWN
  DENNIS
  NORTHERN SECTIONS OF WINSTON-SALEM

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS

JWC

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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.