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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 179, NWS Blacksburg, VA

June 3, 1998Wilkes County, North Carolina

NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT for Wilkes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 35 min. 4 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: Jun 3, 1998, 9:00 PM EDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1998, 9:35 PM EDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Blacksburg, VA
Area: Whole counties

County Wilkes County, NC

The radar

The Roanoke radar (KFCX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 3, 9:10 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Countywide, NC
Jun 3, 9:15 PM EDT	Hail 0.88	Wilkesboro, NC
Jun 3, 9:25 PM EDT	Hail 1	Moravian Falls, NC
Jun 3, 9:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Moravian Falls, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.3

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Blacksburg, VA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 3, 8:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 8:56 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
720 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1998

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

630 PM     EDEN                      NC   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     NICKEL-SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER

630 PM     3 W WENTWORTH             NC   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER

630 PM     MAYODAN                   NC   FUNNEL CLOUD
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY 911

640 PM     REIDSVILLE                NC   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     HAIL LARGER THAN GOLF BALL
                                          SIZE REPORTED BY SPOTTER

644 PM     REIDSVILLE                NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER ON
                                          SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN

648 PM     REIDSVILLE                NC   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER

650 PM     2 W REIDSVILLE            NC   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER

650 PM     WILLIAMSBURG              NC   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     RELAYED VIA GREENSBORO
                                          SKYWARN OPERATOR

651 PM     1 N REIDSVILLE            NC   2.50 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     RELAYED VIA GREENSBORO
                                          SKYWARN OPERATOR

658 PM     CAMP SPRINGS              NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   CASWELL                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

705 PM     5 SW RICHLANDS            VA   FUNNEL CLOUD
06/03/98   TAZEWELL                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER

710 PM     CAMP SPRINGS              NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   CASWELL                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

713 PM     ANDERSON                  NC   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   CASWELL                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

Local storm report, Jun 3, 7:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
720 PM EDT WED JUN 3 1998

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

630 PM     EDEN                      NC   0.88 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     NICKEL-SIZED HAIL REPORTED
                                          BY SPOTTER

630 PM     3 W WENTWORTH             NC   1.50 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER

630 PM     MAYODAN                   NC   FUNNEL CLOUD
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY 911

640 PM     REIDSVILLE                NC   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     HAIL LARGER THAN GOLF BALL
                                          SIZE REPORTED BY SPOTTER

644 PM     REIDSVILLE                NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER ON
                                          SOUTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN

648 PM     REIDSVILLE                NC   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     REPORTED BY SPOTTER

650 PM     2 W REIDSVILLE            NC   2.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     BASEBALL-SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY SPOTTER

650 PM     WILLIAMSBURG              NC   1.25 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     RELAYED VIA GREENSBORO
                                          SKYWARN OPERATOR

651 PM     1 N REIDSVILLE            NC   2.50 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   ROCKINGHAM                     RELAYED VIA GREENSBORO
                                          SKYWARN OPERATOR

658 PM     CAMP SPRINGS              NC   1.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   CASWELL                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

705 PM     5 SW RICHLANDS            VA   FUNNEL CLOUD
06/03/98   TAZEWELL                       REPORTED BY SPOTTER

710 PM     CAMP SPRINGS              NC   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   CASWELL                        REPORTED BY SPOTTER

713 PM     ANDERSON                  NC   2.00 INCH HAIL
06/03/98   CASWELL                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Alleghany	35 min
Jun 3, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Surry	43 min
Jun 3, 8:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Watauga	50 min
Jun 3, 8:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Stokes	34 min
Jun 3, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RNK	Rockingham	62 min
Jun 3, 9:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RNK	Wilkes	32 min
Jun 4, 3:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	RNK	Watauga	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1998 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.