Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 203, NWS Blacksburg, VA
NWS Blacksburg, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1998, 2:41 PM EDT for Stokes County, North Carolina. It was in force for 34 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
- Jun 15, 1998, 2:41 PM EDT (18:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1998, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Blacksburg, VA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stokes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 15, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:38 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 236 PM EDT MON JUNE 15 1998 DISC... KFCX RADAR BACK UP ... TS FIRING ALNG BLU RDG AND OVR PIEDMONT. A QUICK LOOK AT THE ETA ... LOOKS LIKE 1ST H5 S/W MOVING THRU WITH MORE SIG CENTRL US SW REACHING US TUE. LOOKS LIKE THE 2ND ONE WILL DRIVE FNTL SYS THRU. ROA 66/86/62/85 4242 LYH 64/86/62/85 4342 DAN 65/88/64/88 4342 BLF 60/77/62/79 3214 RNK 62/79/63/80 3324 MG
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058- 059-WVZ042>045-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1110 AM EDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON... AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER BEING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...A CLOCKWISE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT MAY ALSO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVITATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. NOGUEIRA
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:10 AM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058- 059-WVZ042>045-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1110 AM EDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON... AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER BEING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...A CLOCKWISE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT MAY ALSO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVITATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. NOGUEIRA
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058- 059-WVZ042>045-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1156 AM EDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON... AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER BEING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...A CLOCKWISE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT MAY ALSO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVITATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. NOGUEIRA
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 11:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
NCZ001>006-018>020-VAZ007-009>020-022>024-032>035-043>047-058- 059-WVZ042>045-161200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA 1156 AM EDT MON JUN 15 1998 ...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA AND NORTHWESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON... ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEASTERN WEST VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON... AN APPROACHING WEAK COLD FRONT WILL BE THE TRIGGER FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. A COMBINATION OF AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND VERY STRONG WINDS IN THE MID LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME OF THE STORMS TO BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER BEING VERY DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...A CLOCKWISE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT MAY ALSO SUPPORT ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER ACTIVITATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN WEST VIRGINIA...VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION. NOGUEIRA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Blacksburg, VA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:08 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Botetourt | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 4:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockbridge, City of Buena Vista, City of Lexington | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 2:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Patrick | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 36 min |
| Jun 15, 3:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Buckingham | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 4:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Tazewell | 48 min |
| Jun 15, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Charlotte | 37 min |
| Jun 15, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Yadkin | 34 min |
| Jun 15, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Rockingham | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 3:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Caswell | 50 min |
| Jun 15, 3:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | RNK | Caswell | 52 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1998Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.