Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Raleigh, NC
NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1997, 5:10 PM EDT for Richmond County, North Carolina. It was in force for 20 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
- Jul 5, 1997, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1997, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Raleigh, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richmond County, NC
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Hail 1.5 | Hamlet, NC | PING-PONG SIZE HAIL FELL IN HAMLET. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1120 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.3
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, Jul 5, 11:15 AM EDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-060000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1115 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 1997 ...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND HIGH ROCK LAKE TO BURLINGTON TO ROXBORO. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA MOVING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE AFTERNOON HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS AS THESE WEATHER FEATURES CROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TRIANGLE AND FAYETTEVILLE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. RFG ********************************************************************* 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, Jul 5, 11:17 AM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
NCZ007>011-021>028-038>043-073>078-083>086-088>089-060000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH NC 1115 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 1997 ...CORRECTION TO HEADLINE ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS THIS AFTERNOON... (THE SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA APPLIES ONLY TO THE COUNTIES LISTED AT THE END OF TEXT.) THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS. THE MAIN THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND HIGH ROCK LAKE TO BURLINGTON TO ROXBORO. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA MOVING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST. THE AFTERNOON HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS AS THESE WEATHER FEATURES CROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED...POSSIBLY AS EARLY AS 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON IN THE TRIANGLE AND FAYETTEVILLE AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. RFG ********************************************************************* ALAMANCE ANSON CHATHAM CUMBERLAND DAVIDSON DURHAM EDGECOMBE FORSYTH FRANKLIN GRANVILLE GUILFORD HALIFAX HARNETT HOKE JOHNSTON LEE MONTGOMERY MOORE NASH ORANG~E 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Davidson, Guilford | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Randolph | 39 min |
| Jul 4, 11:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Durham, Wake | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 11:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Franklin | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 11:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Johnston | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 12:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Nash | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 12:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 12:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wilson | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Anson, Richmond | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Scotland | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Hoke | 30 min |
| Jul 5, 6:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Cumberland | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 22 min |
| Jul 5, 7:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Wayne | 26 min |
| Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RAH | Halifax | 34 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.