Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1997, 4:47 PM EDT for Chatham County, North Carolina. It was in force for 43 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
- Sep 10, 1997, 4:47 PM EDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chatham County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 5:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Pittsboro, NC | LARGE LIMBS AND TREES WERE BLOWN ONTO POWER LINES, CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. |
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
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 0 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 KRDU 102051 RRA SVRRDU NCC037-102130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 447 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...CHATHAM COUNTY AT 448 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MOORE COUNTY/CHATHAM COUNTY LINE... MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST NEAR 35 MPH. DIME SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN POSE A DANGER WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM. SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT DAMAGE TO EMERGENCY OFFICIALS FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. &
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
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 11:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-110000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1130 AM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER...SUCH AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ARE EXPECTED BUT SOME HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. A VERY MOIST AIR MASS REMAINS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED LIFT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ...THE AIR MASS IN NOT UNSTABLE ENOUGH NOR ARE WINDS ALOFT FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. DELGADO ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 11:33 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-110000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1130 AM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER...SUCH AS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ARE EXPECTED BUT SOME HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE. A VERY MOIST AIR MASS REMAINS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE JUST WEST OF THE MOUNTAINS WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED LIFT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER ...THE AIR MASS IN NOT UNSTABLE ENOUGH NOR ARE WINDS ALOFT FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. DELGADO ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-102210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 ...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 320 PM WAS SHOWING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF STANLY...WESTERN ANSON...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS CAUSING TRAINING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER WEST AND NORTH STANLY COUNTY. 88-D RAINFALL ESTIMATES DURING THE PAST 1 1/2 HOURS INDICASTED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES IN THE VICINTIY OF LOCUST IN STANLY COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL OVER STANLY COUNTY FROM LOCUST TO NEW LONDON TO ALBEMARLE THROUGH 430 PM BEFORE THE LINE MOVES INTO MONTGOMERY...RANDOLPH...AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGHOUT STANLY COUNTY. ALSO...SECONDARY ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO PONDING OF WATER. SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER MONTGOMERY...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES AS THE STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BADGETT
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-102210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 ...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 320 PM WAS SHOWING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF STANLY...WESTERN ANSON...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS CAUSING TRAINING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER WEST AND NORTH STANLY COUNTY. 88-D RAINFALL ESTIMATES DURING THE PAST 1 1/2 HOURS INDICATED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES IN THE VICINTIY OF LOCUST IN STANLY COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL OVER STANLY COUNTY FROM LOCUST TO NEW LONDON TO ALBEMARLE THROUGH 430 PM BEFORE THE LINE MOVES INTO MONTGOMERY...RANDOLPH...AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING THROUGHOUT STANLY COUNTY. ALSO...SECONDARY ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO PONDING OF WATER. SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER MONTGOMERY...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES AS THE STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BADGETT CORRECTION TO WORDING
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-102210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 ...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 320 PM WAS SHOWING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF STANLY...WESTERN ANSON...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS CAUSING TRAINING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER WEST AND NORTH STANLY COUNTY. 88-D RAINFALL ESTIMATES DURING THE PAST 1 1/2 HOURS INDICASTED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES IN THE VICINTIY OF LOCUST IN STANLY COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL OVER STANLY COUNTY FROM LOCUST TO NEW LONDON TO ALBEMARLE THROUGH 430 PM BEFORE THE LINE MOVES INTO MONTGOMERY...RANDOLPH...AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGHOUT STANLY COUNTY. ALSO...SECONDARY ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO PONDING OF WATER. SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL ALSOT BE POSSIBLE OVER MONTGOMERY...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES AS THE STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BADGETT
Special weather statement, Sep 10, 3:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-102210- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 322 PM EDT WED SEP 10 1997 ...MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN PIEDMONT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 320 PM WAS SHOWING A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF STANLY...WESTERN ANSON...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND SOUTHWEST RANDOLPH COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE LINE WAS CAUSING TRAINING OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OVER WEST AND NORTH STANLY COUNTY. 88-D RAINFALL ESTIMATES DURING THE PAST 1 1/2 HOURS INDICATED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5 INCHES IN THE VICINTIY OF LOCUST IN STANLY COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL OVER STANLY COUNTY FROM LOCUST TO NEW LONDON TO ALBEMARLE THROUGH 430 PM BEFORE THE LINE MOVES INTO MONTGOMERY...RANDOLPH...AND DAVIDSON COUNTIES. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING THROUGHOUT STANLY COUNTY. ALSO...SECONDARY ROADS WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO PONDING OF WATER. SMALL STREAMS MAY ALSO BEGIN TO FLOOD. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVER MONTGOMERY...SOUTH DAVIDSON AND RANDOLPH COUNTIES AS THE STORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHEAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. BADGETT CORRECTION TO WXORDING
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 6:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 51 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.