Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Raleigh, NC

June 17, 1997Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1997, 8:58 PM EDT for Cumberland County, Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 47 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 17, 1997, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1997, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cumberland County, NC, Sampson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 1997-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 634 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, Newport, NC at 00:00Z on 1997-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
803 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRDU 180059 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC051-163-180145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
858 PM EDT TUE JUN 17 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY...NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY
 
AT 858 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF FAYETTEVILLE. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 20 MPH. SALEMBURG AND ROSEBORO ARE
COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH OF 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.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.