Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 571
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 5, 1997, 2:45 PM EDT for 42 counties in North Carolina. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1997, 2:45 PM EDT (18:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1997, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Beaufort County, NC, Bertie County, NC, Bladen County, NC, Camden County, NC, Carteret County, NC, Chowan County, NC, Columbus County, NC, Craven County, NC, Cumberland County, NC, Currituck County, NC, Duplin County, NC, Durham County, NC, Edgecombe County, NC, Franklin County, NC, Gates County, NC, Granville County, NC, Greene County, NC, Halifax County, NC, Harnett County, NC, Hertford County, NC, Hyde County, NC, Johnston County, NC, Jones County, NC, Lenoir County, NC, Martin County, NC, Nash County, NC, Northampton County, NC, Onslow County, NC, Pamlico County, NC, Pasquotank County, NC, Pender County, NC, Perquimans County, NC, Person County, NC, Pitt County, NC, Sampson County, NC, Tyrrell County, NC, Vance County, NC, Wake County, NC, Warren County, NC, Washington County, NC, Wayne County, NC, Wilson County, NC
Warnings issued inside it
25 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 4:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 46 min |
| Jul 5, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Beaufort, Pamlico | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 4:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Hyde, Tyrrell | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Onslow | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Pender | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Washington | 36 min |
| Jul 5, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Pasquotank, Perquimans | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 6:10 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Hanover, Pender | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Craven | 28 min |
| Jul 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Bladen | 32 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, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen | 47 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 |
| Jul 5, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Greene, Lenoir | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 7:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie, Hertford | 32 min |
| Jul 5, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | MHX | Greene | 25 min |
| Jul 5, 8:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Pitt | 48 min |
| Jul 5, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MHX | Martin | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Columbus | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AKQ | Bertie | 38 min |
The nearest sounding before it
Newport, NC (KMHX), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bertie, Camden, Chatham, Chowan, Currituck, Durham and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 5, 1:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Craven, Currituck and 15 more | 4 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.