Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 12, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Mar 20, 1998, 7:49 PM EST for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- Mar 20, 1998, 7:49 PM EST (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 1998, 8:35 PM EST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, NC
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:00 PM EST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 713 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 210049 RRA TORRDU NCC185-210135- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 749 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR WARREN COUNTY * UNTIL 835 PM EST * THIS TORNADO WILL AFFECT: INEZ...GROVE HILL...CREEK...ODELL * BASIS FOR WARNING: AT 745 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG HIGHWAY 561 IN NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH INTO SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM! MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW! DELGADO
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Mar 20, 6:38 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
638 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0237 PM LEWISVILLE NC .5 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 FORSYTH REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
OFFICIALS
0318 PM WINSTON SALEM NC 1 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 FORSYTH SHERIFF DEPT. REPORTED
QUARTER INCH HAIL IN
WINSTON SALEM.
0320 PM WINSTON SALEM NC 1 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 FORSYTH REPORTED BY FORSYTH COUNTY
SHERIFF
0548 PM PISGAH NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 RANDOLPH RANDOLPH COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL IN THE PISGAH
COMMUNITY
0555 PM ASHEBORO NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 RANDOLPH THREE INCHES OF DIME SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED ON THE
GROUND BY RANDOLPH COUNTY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
0616 PM HOLLY SPGS NC TORNADO
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
NEAR WILBURN ROAD IN HOLLY
SPRINGS MOVING TOWARD APEX
0620 PM HOLLY SPGS NC TORNADO
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
TORNADO ON THE GROUND AT
WILBURN RD. IN HOLLY
SPRINGS MOVING TOWARD APEXLocal storm report, Mar 20, 6:43 PM EST, 1 hour 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
643 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0640 PM GARNER NC TORNADO
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
TORNADO ON THE GROUND IN
GARNER NEAR MECHANICAL
BLVD AND HIGHWAY 70Local storm report, Mar 20, 6:54 PM EST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
654 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0649 PM DURHAM NC TORNADO
03/20/98 DURHAM *** 1 INJ ***
DURHAM COUNTY 911 REPORTED
A HOUSE DESTROYED AT 5706
BAHAMA ROAD.Local storm report, Mar 20, 6:57 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
657 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0646 PM RALEIGH NC 1 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT MINI
CITY ON CAPITAL BLVDLocal storm report, Mar 20, 7:01 PM EST, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
701 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0650 PM WAKE FOREST NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 WAKE SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN WAKE
FORESTLocal storm report, Mar 20, 7:23 PM EST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
723 PM EST FRI MAR 20 1998
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0721 PM LOUISBURG NC 2 INCH HAIL
03/20/98 FRANKLIN SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
SILVER DOLLAR SIZE HAIL 7
MILES SOUTH OF LOUISBURG.The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 7:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 7:24 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Franklin | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 7:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 46 min |
| Mar 20, 7:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 7:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 47 min |
| Mar 20, 8:02 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke, Scotland | 48 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 8:24 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 31 min |
| Mar 20, 8:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 34 min |
| Mar 20, 8:46 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville | 49 min |
| Mar 20, 8:54 PM EST | Tornado Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 36 min |
| Mar 20, 9:08 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 9:08 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Orange | 32 min |
| Mar 20, 9:20 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 20 min |
| Mar 20, 9:27 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Vance | 33 min |
| Mar 20, 9:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham | 30 min |
| Mar 20, 9:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston, Wake | 18 min |
| Mar 20, 10:21 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.