Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 12, 1999, 6:31 PM EST for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- Feb 12, 1999, 6:31 PM EST (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 12, 1999, 7:00 PM EST
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 6:45 PM EST | Hail 1 | Goldsboro, NC | A thunderstorm became severe as it moved over the Goldsboro/Seymour Johnson Air Force Base producing 1 inch hail and a wind gust of 60 mph. Several 8 inch diameter trees were blown down. Winds of 60 mph were also reported in Dudley where trees were also downe |
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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 4:36 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Edgecombe | 34 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.