Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1997, 2:17 PM EDT for Brunswick County, North Carolina. It was in force for 28 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
- Jun 3, 1997, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1997, 2:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brunswick County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1287 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMHX 031816 RRA SVRILM NCC019-031845- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC ISSUED BY NEWPORT NC 217 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LEELAND IN EASTERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY AT 215 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS A HISTORY OF HEAVY RAINS IN EXCESS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR AND DIME SIZE HAIL. ALSO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR GUSTY WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU ARE NEAR THIS THUNDERSTORM YOU ARE URGED TO SEEK SHELTER. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO 0AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. CGG-G
What 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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 3, 12:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
1249 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1236 PM PINK HILL NC
06/3/97 LENOIR MARBLE-SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
LENOIR CO EMC.
CGLocal storm report, Jun 3, 1:41 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
139 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
110 PM PHILLIPS CROSSROADS NC
06/3/97 JONES GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
JONES CO EMC.
CGLocal storm report, Jun 3, 2:15 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
214 PM EDT TUE JUN 3 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION...."
205 PM WALLACE NC
06/3/97 DUPLIN DIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED BY
FIRE DEPT.
CGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 46 min |
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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.