Alert archive / North Carolina / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 30, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at May 27, 1998, 7:13 PM EDT for Montgomery County, Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 32 min. 2 reports 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 27, 1998, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 1998, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, NC, Richmond County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Ex Way, NC | Numerous trees and power lines were reported down in the Ex Way community. |
| May 27, 7:25 PM EDT | Hail 4.5 | Troy, NC | Softball size hail fell just west of Pekin in Montgomery county. At least one car was destroyed with others sustaining large dents. Several trees were also downed throughout the county. |
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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRDU 272313 RRA TORRDU NCC123-153-272345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 713 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY NORTHERN RICHMOND COUNTY * UNTIL 745 PM EDT * AT 711 PM EDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO NEAR PEKIN... MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR... PEKIN AROUND 715 PM EDT EXWAY AROUND 720 PM EDT NORMAN AROUND 730 PM EDT PLAIN VIEW AROUND 735 PM EDT ABANDON MOBILE HOMES! GO IN A NEARBY STURDY BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD. RAN D
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 27, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
525 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM GOLDSBORO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 WAYNE SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR DUDLY.Local storm report, May 27, 5:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
525 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM GOLDSBORO NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 WAYNE SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL NEAR DUDLY.Local storm report, May 27, 5:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
541 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM GOLDSBORO NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 WAYNE SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IN
GOLDSBORO.Local storm report, May 27, 5:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
548 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0447 PM SPIVEYS CORNER NC WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98 SAMPSON SAMPSON COUNTY 911
REPORTED THREE DOWNED
TREES ON MIDWAY ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL ROAD IN SPIVEYS
CORNER.Local storm report, May 27, 6:30 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
630 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0626 PM MILLINGPORT NC .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 STANLY RESIDENT OBSERVED DIME
SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF
MILLINGPORT.Local storm report, May 27, 7:12 PM EDT, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
712 PM EDT WED MAY 27 1998
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0706 PM WADEVILLE NC WIND DAMAGE
05/27/98 MONTGOMERY ALOT OF TREES DOWN IN
WADESVILLE.
0709 PM WADEVILLE NC 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/27/98 MONTGOMERY REPORTED LOTS OF TREESDOWN
ON HWY 109 SOME CARS
TRAPPED UNDERNEATH...
GOLFBALL SIZE HAILThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 8:08 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Davidson, Forsyth | 32 min |
| May 26, 8:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 34 min |
| May 26, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 16 min |
| May 26, 9:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Chatham | 47 min |
| May 26, 10:15 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Moore | 15 min |
| May 26, 10:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Lee | 31 min |
| May 26, 10:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett | 29 min |
| May 26, 11:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wake | 23 min |
| May 26, 11:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 32 min |
| May 26, 11:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 27 min |
| May 27, 12:07 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 33 min |
| May 27, 12:29 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 36 min |
| May 27, 4:35 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Granville, Person | 30 min |
| May 27, 5:18 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | RAH | Vance, Warren | 32 min |
| May 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 34 min |
| May 27, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 32 min |
| May 27, 3:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 35 min |
| May 27, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 27 min |
| May 27, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Richmond | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Stanly | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 34 min |
| May 27, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Montgomery | 35 min |
| May 27, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Moore | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.