Alert archive / North Carolina / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, NC
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:10 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Duplin, 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.
- 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
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.
LEINSpecial 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 4:09 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Craven | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 4:44 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Bladen, Pender | 46 min |
| Mar 19, 5:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILM | Onslow | 43 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.