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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 5, 1997Wayne County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1997, 7:13 PM EDT for Wayne County, North Carolina. It was in force for 22 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, 7:13 PM EDT (23:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1997, 7:35 PM EDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 7:40 PM EDTHail 1.75Seven Spgs, NCGOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FELL IN SEVEN SPRINGS.

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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 5, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3402 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

242 
WUUS1 KRDU 052315 RRA
SVRRDU
NCC191-052335-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
713 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  735 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDIATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
SOUTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR AND WILL BE IN THE VICINITY OF SEVEN SPRINGS BEFORE 730 PM.
 
STORMS THIS EVENING HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL.

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

Local storm report, Jul 5, 5:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM, NC
528 PM EDT SAT JUL 05 1997

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 PM    ROCKINGHAM                NC   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/05/97   RICHMOND                       PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED CO. SHERRIF

0505 PM    HAMLET                    NC   1.5 INCH HAIL
07/05/97   RICHMOND                       PING PONG BALL SIZED HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY POLICE

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, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHRichmond20 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, 7:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne26 min
Jul 5, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHalifax34 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.