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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

June 29, 1990Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Jun 29, 1990, 6:43 PM EDT for Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 1990, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1990, 7:45 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Onslow County, NC

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1990-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 648 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, Cape Hatteras, NC at 12:00Z on 1990-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1170 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 292243
TORILM
NCC133-292345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
643 PM EDT FRI JUN 29 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO AND SPECIAL 
MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
      ONSLOW

...THIS WARNING ALSO INCLUDES THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS FOR THE
COUNTY JUST MENTIONED

AT 640 PM EDT THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT OF ONSLOW COUNTY REPORTED
A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR FUTRELL ROAD AND CYPRESS CREEK ROAD.
THIS STORM WAS WEST OF JACKSONVILLE AND MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AROUND 15 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS IN
A BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...FIND SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

 BJ

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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.