Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 3, 1998, 11:18 PM EST for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 17 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 3, 1998, 11:18 PM EST (04:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 1998, 11:35 PM EST
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sampson County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 11:21 PM EST | Hail 0.88 | Garland, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:15 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
520 WUUS1 KRDU 040419 RRA SVRRDU NCC163-040435- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1118 PM EST FRI APR 3 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY * UNTIL 1135 PM EST * THIS STORM WILL AFFECT: GARLAND...INGOLD...AND DELWAY * BASIS FOR WARNING: A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN BLADEN COUNTY WAS MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY BY 1120 PM. GET OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES AND INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A DITCH. REPORT DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. JBM
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, Apr 3, 10:08 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1008 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0958 PM LOCUST NC .5 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLY
1000 PM STANFIELD NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLY
1000 PM 1 S STANFIELD NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLYLocal storm report, Apr 3, 10:08 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1008 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0958 PM LOCUST NC .5 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLY
1000 PM STANFIELD NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLY
1000 PM 1 S STANFIELD NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLYLocal storm report, Apr 3, 10:26 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
525 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1022 PM NORWOOD NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLYLocal storm report, Apr 3, 10:27 PM EST, 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
1027 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1022 PM NORWOOD NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLYLocal storm report, Apr 3, 11:03 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1103 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1022 PM NORWOOD NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLY
1032 PM VASS NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 MOORE
1042 PM 10 SW TROY NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 MONTGOMERYLocal storm report, Apr 3, 11:03 PM EST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1103 PM EST FRI APR 03 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1022 PM NORWOOD NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 STANLY
1032 PM VASS NC .75 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 MOORE
1042 PM 10 SW TROY NC 1 INCH HAIL
04/03/98 MONTGOMERYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 32 min |
| Apr 3, 10:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 45 min |
| Apr 3, 10:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Guilford | 33 min |
| Apr 3, 11:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 33 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.