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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Wakefield, VA

April 6, 1997Chowan County, Gates County, Perquimans County, North Carolina

NWS Wakefield, VA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1997, 8:12 PM EDT for Chowan County, Gates County, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was in force for 33 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
Apr 6, 1997, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Wakefield, VA
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chowan County, NC, Gates County, NC, Perquimans County, NC

The radar

The Norfolk radar (KAKQ), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 00:00Z on 1997-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 78 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 00:00Z on 1997-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
691 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAKQ 070012 RRA
SVRAKQ
NCC041-073-143-070045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
812 PM EDT SUN APR 6 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WAKEFIELD VA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

   ...NORTHERN CHOWAN COUNTY
   ...EASTERN GATES COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN PERQUIMANS COUNTY

 
AT 812 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WAKEFIELD
DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES SOUTH OF GATESVILLE OR 6 MILES WEST OF RYLAND
MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...
    RYLAND                              BY 820 PM EDT
    MINTONSVILLE                        BY 820 PM EDT
    GLIDEN                              BY 820 PM EDT
    HOBBSVILLE                          BY 825 PM EDT
    TROTVILLE                           BY 825 PM EDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AFTER
THE STORM HAS PASSED AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR INFORMATION TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL MEDIA...OR CABLE TV
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND VIA
OUR INTERNET SITE AT   HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/AKQ

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