Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 1998, 2:34 PM EST for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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
- Apr 1, 1998, 2:34 PM EST (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 1998, 3:05 PM EST
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2:37 PM EST | Hail 1 | Pikeville, 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
402 WUUS1 KRDU 011930 RRA SVRRDU NCC191-012005- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC 234 PM EST WED APR 1 1998 * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN WAYNE * UNTIL 305 PM EST * THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR PIKEVILLE BY 245 PM EUREKA BY 250 PM * AT 230 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROSEWOOD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. ELARDO/BARTHOLF
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 44 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
Special weather statement, Apr 1, 11:50 AM EST, 2 hours 44 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, 1 hour 2 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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, 1 hour 1 minute 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 1:11 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 34 min |
| Apr 1, 1:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 1:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 33 min |
| Apr 1, 1:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 35 min |
| Apr 1, 2:03 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson, Wayne | 32 min |
| Apr 1, 3:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 min |
| Apr 1, 3:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Wayne | 31 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.