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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 120, NWS Raleigh, NC

September 10, 1997Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1997, 6:54 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 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, 6:54 PM EDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1997, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 10, 7:05 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 50Goldsboro, NCTREES WERE BLOWN DOWN JUST WEST OF GOLDSBORO ON SR 1326.

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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1997-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 726 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1997-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 3:22 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 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, 3 hours 32 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, 3 hours 29 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, 3 hours 26 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
Local storm report, Sep 10, 4:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHChatham43 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.