Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1997, 4:14 PM EDT for Hoke County, North Carolina. It was in force for 31 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 22, 1997, 4:14 PM EDT (20:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 1997, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hoke County, NC
The nearest sounding before it
Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1268 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
005 WUUS1 KRDU 222016 RRA SVRRDU NCC093-222045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC 414 PM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA ...WESTERN HOKE COUNTY AT 415 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN WESTERN HOKE COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF FIVE POINTS. THIS STORM HAS SHOWN VERY LITTLE MOVEMENT. 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. MLM/RA
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, Jun 22, 11:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-230000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997 (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE THREAT DAMAGING WIND OR HAIL IS LOW. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CROSSING CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA COMBINED WITH 90 DEGREE HEAT AND MODERATELY HIGH HUMIDITY...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS WILL PRODUCE A RISK FOR A THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND UPDATES CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS. RLH ********************************************************************* 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, Jun 22, 11:53 AM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-230000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 22 1997 (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AN AFTERNOON OR EVENING THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA TODAY. THE THREAT DAMAGING WIND OR HAIL IS LOW. A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE CROSSING CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA COMBINED WITH 90 DEGREE HEAT AND MODERATELY HIGH HUMIDITY...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST SECTIONS WILL PRODUCE A RISK FOR A THUNDERSTORM DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER NETWORK ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND UPDATES CONCERNING THE POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS. RLH ********************************************************************* 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RAH | Stanly | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.