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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Raleigh, NC

July 5, 1997Harnett County, North Carolina

NWS Raleigh, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 5, 1997, 10:38 PM EDT for Harnett County, North Carolina. It was in force for 37 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, 10:38 PM EDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1997, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Raleigh, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Harnett County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 5, 10:54 PM EDTHail 0.75Dunn, NCDIME SIZE HAIL FELL NEAR DUNN.

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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1084 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1997-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1084 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1154 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

450 
WFUS1 KRDU 060240 RRA
TORRDU
NCC085-060315-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RALEIGH/DURHAM NC
1038 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RALEIGH/DURHAM HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...SOUTHERN HARNETT COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATES A POSSIBLE TORNADO IN EXTREME SOUTH HARNETT COUNTY SOUTH
OF LILLINGTON IN THE VICINITY OF US 401. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Raleigh, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston41 min
Jul 5, 9:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHWayne50 min
Jul 5, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHJohnston50 min
Jul 5, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHStanly46 min
Jul 5, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHHarnett45 min
Jul 5, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHSampson31 min
Jul 6, 12:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRAHMoore23 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.