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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Wilmington, NC

August 12, 1992Sampson County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1992, 4:16 PM EDT for Sampson County, North Carolina. It was in force for 59 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1992, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Sampson County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC (KGSO), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 367 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, Greensboro/Hi Pt, NC at 12:00Z on 1992-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
367 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.1

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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.