Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 22, 1997, 11:29 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 61 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 22, 1997, 11:29 PM EDT (03:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1997, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brunswick County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 149 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 654 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
995
WUUS1 KILM 230328 RRA
SVRILM
NCC019-NCZ505-230430-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1129 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...BRUNSWICK
AT 1119 PM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PIREWAY MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED QUARTER-SIZED HAIL NORTH OF CONWAY SOUTH
CAROLINA AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH ALONG ITS PATH.
THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
PIREWAY BY 1129 PM EDT
CALABASH BY 1132 PM EDT
LONGWOOD BY 1134 PM EDT
SHALLOTTE BY 1142 PM EDT
MAKATOKA BY 1146 PM EDT
HOLDEN BEACH BY 1151 PM EDT
SUPPLY BY 1152 PM EDT
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
PRODUCE TORNADOES.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.
DRHWhat 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.
NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 22, 9:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 9:02 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC 9 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997 RDU & CAE: CONT GOING TRND WITH SHRA/TSRA OVR CWA THRU WED AS LO PRES AND ASSOCD CDFNT MOVS THRU THE AREA. DISC: CRNTLY...SHRA/TSRA CONT TO MOV ENE ACRS THE AREA AS NRLY STNRY WMFNT DRIFTS N. WMFNT WILL CONT N AS AN IMPRESSIVE LO PRES SYS AND ITS ASSOCD FNT MOV INTO THE RGN. SYS IS MSTR LADEN AS GLF IS TAPPED. THE LO/FNT ARE PROGGD TO MOV ACRS THE AREA WED AND OFF THE CST WED EVE. LOOKS LIKE WED WILL BE AN ACTIVE DAY AS DYNAMICS ARE IN PLC. MDLS AGR IN MOVG SERIES OF STG SHRT WVS THRU RGN WHICH WILL ENHANCE THE ACTVTY. CONT CRNT FCST TRND. GOING TEMPS/POPS OK. FOR CSTL WTRS...CONT CRNT TRND. DTR
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 22, 10:40 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
NCZ080-095-093-047-090-079-081-092-091-029-104-098-094-503-044- 046-045-502-501-103-230215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT NC 1035 PM EDT TUE APR 22 1997 ...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY... LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN CAROLINAS WILL STRENGTHEN RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT. UNSEASONABLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL ACCOMPANY THE LOW PRESSURE AREA SETTING THE STAGE FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. A WARM FRONT ALONG THE SOUTHEAST COASTAL COUNTIES WILL LIKELY FOCUS THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE ISOLATED TORNADOES ALONG THE COAST FROM ONSLOW AND CARTERET COUNTIES NORTHEAST TO THE SOUTHERN OUTER BANKS DURING THE MORNING HOURS. . BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTHWARD ALLOWING THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME WARM AND UNSTABLE OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COAST AND COASTAL PLAIN. A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ANTICIPATED MAINLY SOUTH OF LINE FROM NEW BERN WEST TO KINSTON DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS WEDNESDAY. ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSjTORMS IS EXPECTED. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. PERSONS ARE URGED TO KEEP ABREAST OF THE WEATHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND BE PREPARED TO INVOKE EMERGENCY ACTION PROCEDURES IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER. DB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 12:14 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | New Hanover | 46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.