Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1997, 3:46 PM EDT for Moore County, North Carolina. It was in force for 29 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
- May 26, 1997, 3:46 PM EDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 1997, 4:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Moore County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 766 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772 WUUS1 KRDU 261947 RRA SVRRDU NCC125-262015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 346 PM EDT MON MAY 26 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA ...EASTERN MOORE COUNTY AT 345 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EASTERN MOORE COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF VASS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. 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, May 26, 11:00 AM EDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-270000 SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1100 AM EDT MON MAY 26 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THEM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA WILL BE PUSHED SOUTHWARD TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. ALSO AN MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PASSING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES OVER THE AREA AND THESE TWO WEATHER FEATURES PASSING THROUGH THE REGION AS WE ARE REACHING OUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 2 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK MAY BE UPDATED THIS EVENING OR TUESDAY MORNING AT THE LATEST DEPENDING ON THE NEED. CLINE...CORRECTION FOR NEXT ISSUANCE TIME... ********************************************************************* 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, May 26, 11:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-270000 SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1100 AM EDT MON MAY 26 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THEM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA WILL BE PUSHED SOUTHWARD TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. ALSO AN MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PASSING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES OVER THE AREA AND THESE TWO WEATHER FEATURES PASSING THROUGH THE REGION AS WE ARE REACHING OUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 2 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK MAY BE UPDATED THIS EVENING OR THURSDAY MORNING AT THE LATEST DEPENDING ON THE NEED. CLINE ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANGE PERSON z RANDOLPH RICHMOND SAMPSON SCOTLAND STANLY VANCE WAKE WARREN WAYNE WILSON
Special weather statement, May 26, 11:21 AM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-270000 SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1100 AM EDT MON MAY 26 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT A FEW OF THEM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL. A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA WILL BE PUSHED SOUTHWARD TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES. ALSO AN MID TO UPPER LEVEL LOW IS PASSING ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH HUMIDITIES OVER THE AREA AND THESE TWO WEATHER FEATURES PASSING THROUGH THE REGION AS WE ARE REACHING OUR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AND SEVERE WEATHER REMAINS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AFTER 2 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AS THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK MAY BE UPDATED THIS EVENING OR TUESDAY MORNING AT THE LATEST DEPENDING ON THE NEED. CLINE...CORRECTION FOR NEXT ISSUANCE TIME... ********************************************************************* 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
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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.