Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1999, 8:16 PM EDT for Johnston County, North Carolina. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 5, 1999, 8:16 PM EDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1999, 9:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Johnston County, NC
The radar
The Raleigh/Durham radar (KRAX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:45 PM EDT | Hail 1.75 | Countywide, NC | A strong thunderstorm moved across the western edge of Johnston county....roughly between Angier and the small community of Willow Springs . Golfball hail was reported along its path. The wind destroyed many acres of tobacco crops and blew down barns and d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 4:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 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.