Alert archive / Delaware / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, NC
NWS Wilmington, NC issued this tornado warning at Aug 28, 1992, 6:18 PM EDT for Sussex County, Delaware. It was in force for 27 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
- Aug 28, 1992, 6:18 PM EDT (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, NC
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sussex County, DE
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:20 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Sussex, DE |
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
Wallops Is Stn, VA (KWAL), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 688 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KILG 282219 TORILG DEC005-282245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON DE 618 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN SOUTH DELAWARE ...WESTERN SUSSEX COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR SEAFORD DELAWARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Aug 28, 3:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 3:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
NCZ001-002-003-017-282045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 355 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA FROM NEWPORT NEWS VIRGINIA...TO HERTFORD COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA...TO WILLIAMSTON...GREENVILLE...KINSTON...AND WALLACE. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SOME WIND DAMAGE AS THEY MOVED ACROSS WEST PITT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOW IN MARTIN COUNTY NEAR WILLIAMSTON. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN HERTFORD COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM PUSHED EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. MARINERS ON AREA SOUNDS...ESPECIALLY ON THE WESTERN ALBEMARLE SOUND... SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY APPROACH THE AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE WINDS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR OR GREATER AND/OR HAIL OF 3/4 INCH OR GREATER.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 4:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
NCZ001-002-003-017-282145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC 435 PM EDT FRI AUG 28 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST VIRGINIA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM NEWPORT NEWS VIRGINIA...INTO NORTH CAROLINA NEAR SUNBURY...TO PLYMOUTH...AND WASHINGTON. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AS THE ENTIRE SYSTEM PUSHED EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. MARINERS ON THE AR<EA SOUNDS...ESPECIALLY THE ALBEMARLE SOUND...SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY APPROACH. OFFSHORE...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AND SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE 50 TO 75 MILES OFF THE COAST.
Special weather statement, Aug 28, 5:36 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, NC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:41 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Kent, Sussex | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | New Castle | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 7:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILM | Sussex | 41 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.