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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 27, 1998Granville County, Person County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1998, 4:35 AM EDT for Granville County, Person County, North Carolina. It was in force for 30 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 27, 1998, 4:35 AM EDT (08:35 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1998, 5:05 AM EDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Granville County, NC, Person County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 102 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1998-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 693 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 00:00Z on 1998-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
693 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

277 
WFUS1 KRDU 270834 RRA
TORRDU

NCC077-145-270905-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
435 AM EDT WED MAY 27 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN GRANVILLE COUNTY
  EXTREME EASTERN PERSON COUNTY

* UNTIL 505 AM EDT

* AT 428 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO VICINITY OF DENNYS STORE IN EAST PERSON COUNTY... MOVING
  EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  BEREA 435 AM

GO TO THE BASEMENT OR A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR

RLH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 8:08 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHDavidson, Forsyth32 min
May 26, 8:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson34 min
May 26, 9:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph34 min
May 26, 9:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph16 min
May 26, 9:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham47 min
May 26, 10:15 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMoore15 min
May 26, 10:29 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHLee31 min
May 26, 10:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett29 min
May 26, 11:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake23 min
May 26, 11:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston32 min
May 26, 11:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston27 min
May 27, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne33 min
May 27, 12:29 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Person36 min
May 27, 5:18 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHVance, Warren32 min
May 27, 2:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland34 min
May 27, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke32 min
May 27, 3:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland32 min
May 27, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson35 min
May 27, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne27 min
May 27, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson37 min
May 27, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond34 min
May 27, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne35 min
May 27, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHStanly35 min
May 27, 6:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore34 min
May 27, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMontgomery35 min
May 27, 7:13 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHMontgomery, Richmond32 min
May 27, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore34 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in North Carolina, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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.