Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 423
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 13, 1997, 7:45 PM EDT for 29 counties in North Carolina; 13 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 1997, 7:45 PM EDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1997, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Alexander County, NC, Alleghany County, NC, Ashe County, NC, Avery County, NC, Buncombe County, NC, Burke County, NC, Caldwell County, NC, Catawba County, NC, Cleveland County, NC, Gaston County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Iredell County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Lincoln County, NC, Macon County, NC, Madison County, NC, McDowell County, NC, Mitchell County, NC, Polk County, NC, Rutherford County, NC, Surry County, NC, Swain County, NC, Transylvania County, NC, Watauga County, NC, Wilkes County, NC, Yadkin County, NC, Yancey County, NC, Carter County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Johnson County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Sullivan County, TN, Unicoi County, TN, Washington County, TN
The radar
The Greer radar (KGSP), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
7 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Sevier | 45 min |
| Jun 13, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Swain | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 7:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MRX | Hawkins | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Unicoi | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MRX | Carter, Johnson, Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RNK | Ashe | 63 min |
| Jun 13, 10:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GSP | Lincoln | 48 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Graham | 5 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 31 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Carolina, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Tennessee, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.