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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 5, 1997Richmond County, North Carolina

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDTHail 1.5Hamlet, NCPING-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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1997-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 44 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 1997-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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, 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
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDavidson, Guilford53 min
Jul 4, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRandolph39 min
Jul 4, 11:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHDurham, Wake43 min
Jul 4, 11:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHFranklin44 min
Jul 4, 11:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston46 min
Jul 5, 12:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHNash25 min
Jul 5, 12:21 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax54 min
Jul 5, 12:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWilson25 min
Jul 5, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHAnson, Richmond37 min
Jul 5, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHScotland37 min
Jul 5, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHoke30 min
Jul 5, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHCumberland38 min
Jul 5, 7:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne22 min
Jul 5, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne26 min
Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax34 min

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.