Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 20, 1998, 10:21 PM EST for Nash County, Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 1998, 10:21 PM EST (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1998, 10:55 PM EST
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Nash County, NC, Wilson County, NC
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
113 WUUS1 KRDU 210322 RRA SVRRDU NCC127-195-210355- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1021 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY NORTHERN WILSON COUNTY * UNTIL 1055 PM EST * THIS STORM WILL AFFECT: MIDDLESEX...STANHOPE...BAILEY...ELM CITY...AND AREAS MAINLY BETWEEN THE CITY OF WILSON AND NASHVILLE. * BASIS FOR WARNING: WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING NORTHEAST NEAR 30 MPH NEAR THE WILSON...SOUTHERN NASH COUNTY LINE. DIME SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 264 IN WESTERN WILSON COUNTY. ALTHOUGH NO TORNADOES HAVE BEEN DETECTED WITH THIS STORM, A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.
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, Mar 20, 6:54 PM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
654 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0649 PM DURHAM NC TORNADO
03/20/98 DURHAM *** 1 INJ ***
DURHAM COUNTY 911 REPORTED
A HOUSE DESTROYED AT 5706
BAHAMA ROAD.Local storm report, Mar 20, 6:57 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
657 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0646 PM RALEIGH NC 1 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MINI
CITY ON CAPITAL BLVDLocal storm report, Mar 20, 7:01 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
701 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM WAKE FOREST NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN WAKE
FORESTLocal storm report, Mar 20, 7:23 PM EST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
723 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0721 PM LOUISBURG NC 2 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 FRANKLIN SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 7
MILES SOUTH OF LOUISBURG.Local storm report, Mar 20, 8:59 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
859 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0857 PM MORRISVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN
MORRISVILLELocal storm report, Mar 20, 9:03 PM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
903 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0901 PM STOVALL NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 GRANVILLE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN STOVALL
NEAR HIGHWAY 15.The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 7:49 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Warren | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 8:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 9:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 9:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 9:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 20 min |
| Mar 20, 9:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 9:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.