Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Wilmington, NC

Issued

Jul 7, 1997, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 1997, 7:50 PM EDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Wilmington, NC

Area

Whole counties

Counties Brunswick County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Pender County, NC

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
700 PM EDT MON JUL 7 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON NC HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 750 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA

   ...NORTHERN BRUNSWICK COUNTY
   ...EASTERN COLUMBUS COUNTY
   ...SOUTHERN PENDER COUNTY

 
AT 656 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LARGE HAIL 6 MILES NORTH OF
LELAND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

THIS STORM WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF...
        LELAND                  BY 700 PM EDT
        RIEGLEWOOD              BY 710 PM EDT
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.  STAY
INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

HAWKINS

NWS Wilmington, NC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 1:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEWPORT/MOREHEAD CITY NC
118 PM EDT MON JUL 7 1997

ZFP: SRT TERM...ATMSPH ACRS ERN NC BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE WITH CAPES
AOA 3000 AS TEMPS RISE INTO UPPR 80S/MID 90S WITH DWPTS IN 70S. JUST
STARTING TO SEE A FEW CELLS DVLP INLND FROM CST AND EXPECT THIS
TREND TO CONTINUE THIS AFTN...WL LIKELY NEED A EVENING POP MANY
AREAS TO CVR THIS ACTVTY. OVERNIGHT CNVCTN SHLD DISSIPATE WITH LOSS
OF HEATING AND NO UPR SUPPORT WITH PTLY CLDY SKIES AND TEMPS LOW TO
MID 70S. ON TUES TSTMS SHLD BE A LITTLE MORE NUMEROUS AS SRN STRM
SRT WV APPROACHES THE SRN CST. ALTHOUGH THIS FEATURE IS WEAK IT
SHOWS UP NICELY IN WTR VAPOR LOOPS AND SHLD PRODUCE SOME UVV ACRS
ERN NC TUE AFTN. WITH MOIST UNSTBLE AIR ACRS REGION TSTMS SHLD DVLP
ERLY AFTN WITH SOME STRG STORMS LIKELY ESPECIALLY WHERE LOW LVL
CNVRGNCE IS STRNGEST NEAR SEA BRZ. WITH VORT AND ASSOCIATED WEAK UPR
DIFL OVER RGN TUE NIGHT CNVCTN MAY BE SLOW TO DISSIPATE AND WL LIKELY
NEED DECENT POP(30/40). ON WED MDLS CONT TO SHOW WEAK VORT NEAR CST
WITH HINT OF SFC LOW...THINK CNVCTN WILL DVLP FAIRLY QUICKLY ON SEA
BRZ WED WITH AGAIN PRETTY DECENT POP(40) NEEDED.
^
CWF: PRES GRDNT REMAINS RATHER LOOSE THRU PD WITH WINDS REMAINING LIGHT.
APPEARS WINDS SHLD BE MAINLY S/SW THRU PD HOWEVER COULD BE VARIABLE
AT TIMES ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT. FOR NOW WILL PROB GO WITH MAINLY S
WINDS OF 15 KTS OR LESS.

.MHX...NONE.

FREDERICK

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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