Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 60, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT for Granville County, North Carolina. It was in force for 45 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
- May 1, 1998, 8:55 PM EDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1998, 9:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Granville County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 9:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Berea, 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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 751 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 020057 SVRRDU NCC077-020140- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 855 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRANVILLE COUNTY * UNTIL 940 PM EDT * AT 855 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BEREA... MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SATTERWHITE BY 910 PM OXFORD BY 920 PM LEWIS BY 920 PM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! GH
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, May 1, 7:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
735 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM LEXINGTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 DAVIDSON SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL 5 MILES
SOUTH OF LEXINGTONLocal storm report, May 1, 7:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
742 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0648 PM MONTICELLO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 GUILFORD GUILFORD COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL NEAR MONTICELLO
IN EXTREME NORTHWEST
GUILFORD COUNTY.Local storm report, May 1, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
749 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0707 PM ALTAMAHAW NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 ALAMANCE ALAMANCE COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL JUST NORTH OF
ALTAMAHAW IN NORTHWEST
ALAMANCE COUNTY.Local storm report, May 1, 8:13 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
813 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0713 PM UNION RIDGE NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 ALAMANCE SKY WARN OBSERVER REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN
UNION RIDGE IN ALAMANCE
COUNTY.Local storm report, May 1, 8:16 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
816 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0803 PM BUSHY FORK NC .88 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 PERSON PERSON COUNTY 911 REPORTED
NICKEL SIZE HAIL IN BUSHY
FORK/HURDLE MILLS AREA IN
PERSON COUNTY.Local storm report, May 1, 8:55 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
855 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0853 PM RAEFORD NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 HOKE HOKE COUNTY SHERIFF
DEPARTMENT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL NEAR RAEFORD IN
HOKE COUNTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 50 min |
| May 1, 8:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 51 min |
| May 1, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 32 min |
| May 1, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 35 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.