Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 1998, 7:05 PM EDT for Halifax County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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
- Jul 20, 1998, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1998, 7:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Halifax County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 7:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Roanoke Rapids, NC | Numerous trees were damaged or uprooted 10 miles southwest of Roanoke Rapids on NC-48 in Halifax county. |
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 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
Local storm report, Jul 20, 6:35 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
635 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0625 PM ASHEBORO NC WIND DAMAGE
07/20/98 RANDOLPH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
REPORTED TREES DOWNED ON
OLD LEXINGTON RD. ABOUT 5
MILES NW OF
ASHEBORO...DIME-SIZE HAIL
WAS ALSO REPORTED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 64 min |
| Jul 19, 9:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 50 min |
| Jul 20, 6:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 7:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Randolph | 118 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.