Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1997, 12:14 AM EDT for New Hanover County, North Carolina. It was in force for 46 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
- Apr 23, 1997, 12:14 AM EDT (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 1997, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County New Hanover County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 12:21 AM EDT | Hail 0.88 | Carolina Beach, NC | HAIL REPORTS INCLUDE .75 INCH 1.5 MILES WEST OF MONKEY JUNCTION AND .88 INCH AT CAROLINA BEACH |
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 nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
000
TTAA00 KILM 230414 RRA
SVRILM
NCC129-NCZ505-230500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1214 AM EDT WED APR 23 1997
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
...NEW HANOVER
AT 1209 AM EDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY WILMINGTON
DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ORTON PLANTATION MOVING EAST
NORTHEAST AT 51 MPH.
THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
KURE BEACH BY 1217 AM EDT
FORT FISHER BY 1217 AM EDT
CAROLINA BEACH BY 1218 AM EDT
MONKEY JUNCTION BY 1223 AM EDT
MASONBORO BY 1227 AM EDT
WILMINGTON BY 1228 AM EDT
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH BY 1232 AM EDT
OGDEN BY 1234 AM EDT
THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
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.
HAWKINSWhat 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, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 9:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 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, 1 hour 34 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 22, 11:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Brunswick | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.