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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC

March 19, 1992Duplin County, Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 19, 1992, 4:09 PM EST for Duplin County, Jones County, Onslow County, North Carolina. It was in force for 51 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 1992, 4:09 PM EST (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 1992, 5:00 PM EST
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Duplin County, NC, Jones County, NC, Onslow County, NC

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Mar 19, 4:10 PM ESTHail 0.75Duplin, NC

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 1992-03-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 1992-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 251 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
307 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KILM 192109 RRA
SVRILM
NCC049-103-133-061-192200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
409 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CRAVEN COUNTY...JONES COUNTY...NORTHERN ONSLOW COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...EASTERN DUPLIN COUNTY
 
AT 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
OVER EASTERN DUPLIN COUNTY AND JONES COUNTY MOVING EAST ABOUT 40 MILES
AN HOUR TOWARD NORTHERN ONSLOW AND CENTRAL CRAVEN COUNTIES.
 
PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN OCCUR
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:37 PM EST, 32 minutes before
NCZ001-002-003-017-192130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
330 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992

        ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA UNTIL 9 PM EST...

AT 325 PM EST...A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS...SOME
HEAVY...EXTENDED FROM EDGECOMBE COUNTY TO CAMDEN COUNTY OF NORTH
CAROLINA.  THIS AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS 25 MILES WIDE.  THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER BERTIE....PERQUIMANS...AND PASQUOTANK
COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL EARLIER.
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THESE STORMS AS THEY MAY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND INTENSE LIGHTNING.

THE THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINSHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

LEIN
Special weather statement, Mar 19, 3:39 PM EST, 30 minutes before
NCZ015-192200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON NC
339 PM EST THU MAR 19 1992

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTH CAROLINA AS WELL AS ADJOINING
ATLANTIC WATERS UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT...

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA.  PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

AT 330 THIS AFTERNOON...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHERN SAMPSON COUNTY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR INTO NORTHERN DUPLIN
COUNTY.  PERSONS IN SAMPSON AND DUPLIN COUNTIES SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS WITH THIS STORM...SOME DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
AND RESTRICTED DRIVING VISIBILITIES.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 1WERE SCATTERED ABOUT INTERIOR
NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA.  MOST OF THESE HAVE
FORMED SINCE 230 THIS AFTERNOON.  THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING EAST
ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMCraven51 min
Mar 19, 4:44 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMBladen, Pender46 min
Mar 19, 5:17 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMOnslow43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Carolina, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.