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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, NC

April 24, 1992Sussex County, Delaware

NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 1992, 6:51 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1992, 6:51 PM EDT (22:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, NC
Area
Whole counties

County Sussex County, DE

The nearest sounding before it

Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 1992-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Wallops Is Stn, VA at 12:00Z on 1992-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2278 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 KILG 242256
TORILG
DEC005-242315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE
651 PM EDT FRI APR 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN SOUTH DELAWARE
 
   ...EAST CENTRAL SUSSEX COUNTY
 
  AND FOR MARINE INTERESTS NEAR
 
  ...INDIAN RIVER INLET
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO
WARNING FOR THE REHOBOTH SHORES AREA JUST NORTH OF THE INDIAN RIVER
INLET. AT 650 PM EDT THE STATE EOC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THIS
AREA. BOATERS SHOULD MOVE TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY AND TAKE MEASURES TO
PROTECT YOURSELVES AND YOUR PROPERTY.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS] A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
ROETS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILMSussex44 min

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.