Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 1, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT for Vance County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 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
- May 1, 1998, 9:45 PM EDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 1, 1998, 10:20 PM EDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Vance County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 693 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
208 WUUS1 KRDU 020146 RRA SVRRDU NCC181-020220- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 945 PM EDT FRI MAY 1 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... VANCE COUNTY * UNTIL 1020 PM EDT * AT 944 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILLIAMSBORO... MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST NEAR 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... KERR LAKE BY 1005 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, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 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, 1 hour 32 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, 1 hour 29 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, 50 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 COUNTYLocal storm report, May 1, 9:07 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
907 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0820 PM ENFIELD NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 HALIFAX HALIFAX COUNTY 911
REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN
ENFIELD IN HALIFAX COUNTY.Local storm report, May 1, 9:44 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
944 PM EDT FRI MAY 01 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0905 PM BEREA NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/01/98 GRANVILLE DIME SIZE WAS REPORTED
JUST NORTHEAST OF BEREA IN
WESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY
BY COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.The 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, 8:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 45 min |
| May 1, 9:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 32 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.