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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 15, 1999Warren County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1999, 5:55 PM EDT for Warren County, North Carolina. It was in force for 50 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: Apr 15, 1999, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1999, 6:45 PM EDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Warren County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 15, 6:05 PM EDT	Hail 2	Arcola, NC	Golfballl to hen egg sized hail was reported by the Warren county Emergency Manager in Arcola. Damage was limited to several sections of town but included banged up siding on homes, broken windows, car damage, and roof damage. Several cabbage fields were repor
Apr 15, 6:15 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Warrenton, NC	An 80 foot tall communications tower was toppled by thunderstorm winds near Warrenton.

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 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 15, 5:45 PM EDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
445 PM EST THU APR 15 1999

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

0541 PM    HENDERSON                 NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   VANCE                          VANCE COUNTY 911 OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          SOUTHWEST OF HENDERSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 15, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Granville, Vance	35 min
Apr 15, 5:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Durham	49 min
Apr 15, 6:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Warren	52 min
Apr 15, 6:17 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	RAH	Halifax	48 min
Apr 15, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	RAH	Halifax	30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1999 Every 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.