Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 21, 1999, 3:44 PM EST for Harnett County, Johnston County, Wake County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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
- Mar 21, 1999, 3:44 PM EST (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 21, 1999, 4:45 PM EST
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Harnett County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Wake County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 3:56 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Raleigh, NC | Dime hail reported Creedmore Road and Glenwood. |
| Mar 21, 4:28 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Clayton, NC | Several large trees were snapped off in Clayton. Some power outages reported in northern Johnston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 1:30 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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 212044 RRA SVRRDU NCC085-101-163-183-212145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 344 PM EST SUN MAR 21 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN HARNETT COUNTY JOHNSTON COUNTY NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY WAKE COUNTY * UNTIL 445 PM EST * AT 342 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHWEST OF RALEIGH TO EAST OF LILLINGTON TO 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLINTON... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... RALEIGH AT 350 PM EST ERWIN-DUNN AT 355 PM EST WAKE FOREST AND KNIGHTDALE AT 400 PM EST CLAYTON AT 400 PM EST NEWTON GROVE AT 420 PM EST DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! WSS/MJB
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 10:28 AM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
NCZ009>011-026>028-041>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-212315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1028 AM EST SUN MAR 21 1999 ...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY TO SANFORD IN LEE COUNTY TO RALEIGH TO WARRENTON IN WARREN COUNTY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA WILL BE NEAR THE CITIES FAYETTEVILLE...SOUTHERN PINES...LAURINBURG...CLINTON AND GOLDSBORO. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL HOWEVER THE WIND STRUCTURE IS ORIENTATED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES ALSO EXISTS. IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE FAYETTEVILLE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. WSS/MLM
Special weather statement, Mar 21, 11:14 AM EST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
NCZ009>011-026>028-041>043-073>078-083>086-088-089-212315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1028 AM EST SUN MAR 21 1999 ...RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON FOR SECTIONS OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA... THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA MAINLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ALBEMARLE IN STANLY COUNTY TO SANFORD IN LEE COUNTY TO RALEIGH TO WARRENTON IN WARREN COUNTY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA WILL BE NEAR THE CITIES FAYETTEVILLE...SOUTHERN PINES...LAURINBURG...CLINTON AND GOLDSBORO. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL HOWEVER THE WIND STRUCTURE IS ORIENTATED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW TORNADOES ALSO EXISTS. IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY BETWEEN 1 PM AND 6 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IN THE FAYETnTEVILLE AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. WSS/MLM
Local storm report, Mar 21, 3:05 PM EST, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
305 PM EST SUN MAR 21 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM ANDERSON CREEK NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/21/99 HARNETT HARNETT COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL IN ANDERSON CREEK.Local storm report, Mar 21, 3:34 PM EST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
334 PM EST SUN MAR 21 1999
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0300 PM ANDERSON CREEK NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/21/99 HARNETT HARNETT COUNTY SHERIFFS
OFFICE REPORTED DIME SIZE
HAIL IN ANDERSON CREEK.
0307 PM FAYETTEVILLE NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/21/99 CUMBERLAND STATE E.O.C. REPORTED DIME
SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN
FAYETTEVILLE.
0315 PM APEX NC .75 INCH HAIL
03/21/99 WAKE SKYWARN SPOTTER REPORTED
DIME SIZE HAIL IN APEX AT
THE INTERSECTION OF APEX
ROAD AND BAR-BQ ROADThe office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 21, 2:34 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 36 min |
| Mar 21, 2:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Alamance, Guilford, Randolph | 47 min |
| Mar 21, 2:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Harnett, Wake | 46 min |
| Mar 21, 3:18 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 3:38 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Granville | 32 min |
| Mar 21, 3:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Sampson | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 4:29 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash, Wilson | 61 min |
| Mar 21, 4:41 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 49 min |
| Mar 21, 4:56 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 34 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999
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.