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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 1, 1998Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1998, 2:03 PM EST for Sampson County, Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 3 reports 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
Apr 1, 1998, 2:03 PM EST (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 1998, 2:35 PM EST
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sampson County, NC, Wayne County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 1, 2:25 PM ESTHail 1Pikeville, NC
Apr 1, 2:30 PM ESTThunderstorm Wind 50Spiveys Corner, NCDownburst thunderstorm wind downed numerous trees in Spivey's Corner. Marble size hail also occurred with this storm.
Apr 1, 2:37 PM ESTHail 1Pikeville, 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

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1998-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 661 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, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1998-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
661 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
503 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
1.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

243 
WUUS1 KRDU 011904 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC163-191-011935-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
203 PM EST WED APR 1 1998


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY
  SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY

* UNTIL 235 PM EST

* THIS STORM WILL AFFECT:
 NEWTON GROVE IN NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY.
 GRANTHAM...MOUNT OLIVE AND DUDLEY IN SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY.

* BASIS FOR WARNING:
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN SAMPSON
COUNTY NORTH OF CLINTON. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES.


LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

MLM

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, Apr 1, 11:50 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-020200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1150 AM EST WED APR 1 1998

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

(THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES
ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.)

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING . THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FROM STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WARM MOIST...UNSTABLE
AIR AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS COMBINATION WILL
ENHANCE THE CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM IN SHORT LINES OR CLUSTERS TRANSVERSING
OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED AT THE PRESENT TIME...BUT
WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. ANY REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED AS
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

RA
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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, Apr 1, 11:50 AM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-020200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1150 AM EST WED APR 1 1998

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...

(THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES
ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.)

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH
CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING . THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE FROM STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE
AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. WARM MOIST...UNSTABLE
AIR AHEAD OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA
WILL MOVE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS COMBINATION WILL
ENHANCE THE CHANCE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA.
THUNDERSTORMS COULD FORM IN SHORT LINES OR CLUSTERS TRANSVERSING
OVER THE SAME AREAS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED AT THE PRESENT TIME...BUT
WILL KEEP YOU INFORMED. ANY REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED AS
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE CURRENTLY MOVING ACROSS THE AREA.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE
WATCHES AND WARNINGS.

RA
*********************************************************************

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
Local storm report, Apr 1, 1:32 PM EST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
132 PM EST WED APR 01 1998

TIME(EST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0115 PM    ERWIN                     NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/01/98   HARNETT                        GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY HARNETT COUNTY
                                          DEPUTY IN THE CITY OF
                                          ERWIN.
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 1:33 PM EST, 30 minutes before
NCZ085-011905-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
133 PM EST WED APR 1 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO HOKE COUNTY.

MLM
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 1:33 PM EST, 30 minutes before
NCZ085-011905-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
133 PM EST WED APR 1 1998

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SCOTLAND COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. THE STORM HAS MOVED NORTHEAST INTO HOKE COUNTY.

MLM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 1:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland34 min
Apr 1, 1:25 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett35 min
Apr 1, 1:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke33 min
Apr 1, 1:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston35 min
Apr 1, 2:34 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne31 min
Apr 1, 3:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne31 min
Apr 1, 3:24 PM ESTTornado WarningRAHWayne31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.