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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Wakefield, VA

January 16, 1997Camden County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jan 16, 1997, 8:06 AM EST for Camden County, Currituck County, Pasquotank County, North Carolina. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 1997, 8:06 AM EST (13:06 UTC)
Expired
Jan 16, 1997, 8:45 AM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 16, 4:45 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1997-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Newport, NC at 12:00Z on 1997-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 445 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
724 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
445 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
645 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.