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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 24, 1990Carteret County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 24, 1990, 11:18 AM EDT for Carteret County, North Carolina. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 1990, 11:18 AM EDT (15:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 1990, 11:45 AM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Carteret 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 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 1990-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 732 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 1990-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
732 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 241521
TORILM
NCC031-241545-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
1118 AM EDT FRI AUG 24 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
          ...CARTERET
 
AND ADJOINING COASTAL WATERS BETWEEN BOUGE INLET AND BEAUFORT INLET
 
AT 1113 AM EDT A WATERSPOUT WAS SIGHTED OVER THE OCEAN NEAR THE COAST
AT EMRALD ISLE. RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA
MOVING NORTH AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.
 
ALL MARINE INTERESTS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE
EVASIVE ACTION AND PREPARE FOR ROUGH SEA CONDITIONS AND HIGH
WINDS.

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.