Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1998, 6:31 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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, 6:31 PM EDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1998, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:41 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Grantham, 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, 10.5 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
- 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.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 082231 RRA SVRRDU NCC191-082300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 631 PM EDT FRI MAY 8 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTY * UNTIL 700 PM EDT * AT 630 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRANTHAM... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GRANTHAM DUDLEY MOUNT OLIVE SEVEN SPRINGS DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! JWC
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, 2:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 22 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.Local storm report, May 8, 4:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
402 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM LUCAMA NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 WILSON MARBLE TO GOLF SIZE HAIL
AND VEHICLE DAMAGE IN
LUCAMA
0345 PM BLACK CREEK NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 WILSON SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN
BLACK CREEK.
0345 PM BLACK CREEK NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 WILSON GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL
0345 PM GOLDSBORO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 WAYNE SEVERAL REPORTS OF DIME
SIZE HAIL EAST OF
GOLDSBOROLocal storm report, May 8, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
457 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 PM BUTLERS XRDS NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 SAMPSON SKYWARN SPOTTER - 1 INCH
HAIL AT BUTLERS XRDS - 5
MILES S OF CLINTON
0417 PM BETHEL HILL NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 PERSON SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTS
DIME SIZED HAIL
0435 PM PROVIDENCE NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 GRANVILLE DEPUTY IN PROVIDENCE -
DIME SIZED HAILLocal storm report, May 8, 5:49 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
549 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0528 PM ANDERSON CREEK NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 HARNETT SPOTTER REPORT OF QUARTER
SIZED HAIL
0538 PM SPRING LAKE NC 1 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 CUMBERLAND 911 REPORTED QUARTER SIZED
HAIL IN PROGRESSLocal storm report, May 8, 5:53 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
553 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0510 PM LOUISBURG NC WIND DAMAGE
05/08/98 FRANKLIN FRANKLIN 911 REPORTED
SEVERAL TREES DOWNLocal storm report, May 8, 6:11 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
611 PM EDT FRI MAY 08 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM LILLINGTON NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 HARNETT SKYWARN REPORTS DIME SIZED
HAIL 7 MILES S OF
LILLINGTON
0610 PM EASTOVER NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/08/98 CUMBERLAND SKYWARN REPORTS DIME SIZED
HAIL 5 MILES N OF
FAYETTEVILLEThe 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, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 32 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 |
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.