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Tornado Watch 502

June 3, 199831 counties in North Carolina; 7 counties in South Carolina

The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 3, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT for 31 counties in North Carolina; 7 counties in South Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 1998, 6:15 PM EDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 1998, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Anson County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Brunswick County, NC, Chatham County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hoke County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lee County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Moore County, NC, Nash County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pender County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Richmond County, NC, Robeson County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Scotland County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC, Chesterfield County, SC, Darlington County, SC, Dillon County, SC, Florence County, SC, Horry County, SC, Marion County, SC, Marlboro County, SC

Warnings issued inside it

21 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 6:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham48 min
Jun 3, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin47 min
Jun 3, 6:34 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHFranklin31 min
Jun 3, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash33 min
Jun 3, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXGreene, Lenoir51 min
Jun 3, 7:01 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHNash34 min
Jun 3, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWilson32 min
Jun 3, 7:25 PM EDTTornado WarningRAHEdgecombe, Wilson35 min
Jun 3, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven, Jones48 min
Jun 3, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXPitt48 min
Jun 3, 8:03 PM EDTTornado WarningMHXPitt32 min
Jun 3, 8:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXCraven34 min
Jun 3, 9:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham34 min
Jun 3, 9:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake51 min
Jun 3, 9:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston32 min
Jun 3, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham33 min
Jun 3, 9:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham36 min
Jun 3, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWake35 min
Jun 3, 10:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHLee35 min
Jun 3, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland, Harnett31 min
Jun 3, 11:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson50 min

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 1998-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2315 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 8:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAnson, Bladen, Cabarrus, Catawba, Chatham, Columbus and 24 more6 hr
Jun 3, 2:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuncombe, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell and 6 more5 hr
Jun 3, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCMadison6 hr
Jun 3, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAlamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe and 34 more6 hr

Nearby

Tornado Watches in North Carolina, 1998Tornado Watches in South Carolina, 1998Every tornado watch 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.