Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 3:33 PM EDT for Wilson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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 8, 1998, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1998, 4:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wilson County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Black Creek, 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 140 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
- 304 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
670 WUUS1 KRDU 081934 RRA SVRRDU NCC195-082005- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 333 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WILSON COUNTY * UNTIL 405 PM EDT * AT 332 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EAST OF LUCAMA... MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... WILSON THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WIND. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS THERE ARE REPORTS OF CAR WINDOWS BEING BROKEN BY HAIL IN LUCAMA. RLH
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 8, 1:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
120 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0106 PM AFTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 WARREN WARREN COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL IN AFTON AND
ELBERON
0106 PM AFTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 WARREN WARREN COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL IN AFTON AND IN
ELBERONLocal storm report, May 8, 1:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
125 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0115 PM VAUGHAN NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 WARREN WARREN COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL IN VAUGHAN.Local storm report, May 8, 1:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
137 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0134 PM ROANOKE RAPIDS NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 HALIFAX HALIFAX COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED DIME
HAIL IN ROANOKEN RAPIDS.Local storm report, May 8, 1:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
156 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 PM ROANOKE RAPIDS NC .88 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 HALIFAX HALIFAX COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT AND SKY WARN
OBSERVERS REPORTED NICKLE
HAIL NEAR THE INTERSECTION
OF HIGHWAYS 1-95 AND NC
903.Local storm report, May 8, 2:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
203 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0158 PM LEGGETT NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 EDGECOMBE STATE PATROL REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST
NORTH OF LEGGETT.Local storm report, May 8, 2:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
209 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0206 PM TARBORO NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 EDGECOMBE STATE PATROL REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST
NORTH OF TARBORO.The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford | 32 min |
| May 7, 8:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Chatham | 32 min |
| May 7, 9:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery, Stanly | 34 min |
| May 7, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham, Wake | 31 min |
| May 7, 9:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 32 min |
| May 7, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Johnston, Wake | 31 min |
| May 8, 9:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Forsyth | 32 min |
| May 8, 10:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance | 31 min |
| May 8, 11:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 32 min |
| May 8, 12:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Vance | 31 min |
| May 8, 12:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Warren | 33 min |
| May 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 50 min |
| May 8, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe, Halifax | 46 min |
| May 8, 3:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 48 min |
| May 8, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 33 min |
| May 8, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Person | 50 min |
| May 8, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 50 min |
| May 8, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 51 min |
| May 8, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 33 min |
| May 8, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 35 min |
| May 8, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 32 min |
| May 8, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 8, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 31 min |
| May 8, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| May 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 29 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.