Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 1998, 9:14 PM EDT for Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 16, 1998, 9:14 PM EDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1998, 9:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wake County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 9:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Raleigh, NC | An area of thunderstorms developed over Chapel Hill to Jordan Lake and Durham and moved slowly east into Wake county. The storms consolidated into one large cell that became severe from west Raleigh east into the downtown area. There were numerous reports of t |
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.
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.