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Tornado Warning 29, NWS Raleigh, NC

May 27, 1998Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1998, 5:18 AM EDT for Vance County, Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 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, 5:18 AM EDT (09:18 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 1998, 5:50 AM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Vance County, NC, Warren County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 1998-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

565 
WFUS1 KRDU 270920 RRA
TORRDU
NCC181-185-270950-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN VANCE COUNTY
  SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY

* UNTIL 550 AM EDT

* AT 517 AM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO VICINITY OF GILLBURG IN SOUTH VANCE COUNTY... MOVING
  EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

* THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
  ONE MILE SOUTH OF ELBERON IN WARREN COUNTY

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

RLH

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, May 26, 11:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
1141 PM EDT TUE MAY 26 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1050 PM    BROADWAY                  NC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   LEE

1110 PM    GARNER                    NC   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   WAKE                           DIME SIZE HAIL ON 1010
                                          ROAD IN GARNER

1120 PM    COATS                     NC   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   HARNETT

1123 PM                              NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   JOHNSTON                       GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED IN MCGEES
                                          CROSSROADS

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, 4:35 AM EDTTornado WarningRAHGranville, Person30 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

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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.