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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Raleigh, NC

April 15, 1999Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 15, 1999, 9:12 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 38 min. 1 report 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, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 15, 1999, 9:50 PM EDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Raleigh, NC
Area: Whole counties

County Sampson County, NC

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 15, 9:25 PM EDT	Thunderstorm Wind 50	Delway, NC	Several trees were uprooted in Delway and Garland associated with strong thunderstorm winds.

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
Apr 15, 4:15 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 464 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 610 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 260 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 492 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 3.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

999 
WUUS1 KRDU 160113 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC163-160150-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
912 PM EDT THU APR 15 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY

* UNTIL 950 PM EDT

* AT 912 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR PARKERSBURG IN SOUTHWESTERN SAMPSON
  COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  JUST NORTH OF GARLAND AT 915 PM
  JUST NORTH OF DELWAY AT 920 PM

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS.

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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, 3 hours 27 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

Local storm report, Apr 15, 6:55 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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

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

0615 PM    ARCOLA                    NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   WARREN                         WARREN COUNTY 911 OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          ARCOLA.

0639 PM    HALIFAX                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN HALIFAX
                                          TOWNSHIP.

0640 PM    HEATHSVILLE               NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERING THE GROUNG IN
                                          HEATHSVILLE

Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
634 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

0602 PM    ENFIELD                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        HALIFAX COUNTY 911
                                          OPERATOR REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL IN ENFIELD.

0605 PM    WARRENTON                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/99   WARREN                         SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
                                          AND 80 FOOT PERSONAL
                                          COMMUNICATIONS TOWER BLOWN
                                          DOWN JUST SOUTH OF
                                          WARRENTON

0615 PM    ARCOLA                    NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   WARREN                         WARREN COUNTY 911 OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          ARCOLA.

0639 PM    HALIFAX                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN HALIFAX
                                          TOWNSHIP.

0640 PM    HEATHSVILLE               NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERING THE GROUNG IN
                                          HEATHSVILLE

Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
634 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

0602 PM    ENFIELD                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        HALIFAX COUNTY 911
                                          OPERATOR REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL IN ENFIELD.

0605 PM    WARRENTON                 NC   WIND DAMAGE
04/15/99   WARREN                         SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
                                          AND 80 FOOT PERSONAL
                                          COMMUNICATIONS TOWER BLOWN
                                          DOWN JUST SOUTH OF
                                          WARRENTON

0615 PM    ARCOLA                    NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   WARREN                         WARREN COUNTY 911 OPERATOR
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL IN
                                          ARCOLA.

0639 PM    HALIFAX                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL IN HALIFAX
                                          TOWNSHIP.

0640 PM    HEATHSVILLE               NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
                                          REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL
                                          COVERING THE GROUNG IN
                                          HEATHSVILLE

Local storm report, Apr 15, 7:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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

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

0520 PM    ENFIELD                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        HALIFAX COUNTY 911
                                          OPERATOR REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL IN ENFIELD.

0720 PM    ENFIELD                   NC   .75 INCH HAIL
04/15/99   HALIFAX                        HALIFAX COUNTY 911
                                          OPERATOR REPORTED DIME
                                          SIZE HAIL IN ENFIELD.

Special weather statement, Apr 15, 8:32 PM EDT, 40 minutes before

NCZ008>011-025>028-040-041-043-073>076-083-084-160230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC
832 PM EDT THU APR 15 1999

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS
OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA WEST AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROANOKE
RAPIDS...NASHVILLE...RALEIGH...SANFORD TO ROCKINGHAM.

THE TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TIL 10 PM FOR COUNTIES EAST
AND SOUTH OF LINE FROM TARBORO...WILSON TO SMITHFIELD TO
FAYETTEVILLE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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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.