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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC

July 18, 1992Camden County, Currituck County, North Carolina

NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued this tornado warning at Jul 18, 1992, 6:08 PM EDT for Camden County, Currituck County, North Carolina. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 18, 1992, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 18, 1992, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC
Area
Whole counties

Counties Camden County, NC, Currituck County, NC

The nearest sounding before it

Cape Hatteras, NC (KHAT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 1992-07-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1441 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 1992-07-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1441 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
886 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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 KHAT 182209
TORHAT
NCC029-053-182315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CAPE HATTERAS NC
608 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CAPE HATTERAS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH CAROLINA
 
   ...CAMDEN COUNTY...CURRITUCK COUNTY
 
WEATHER SEARCH RADAR AND PUBLIC REPORTS INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS AND TORNADOES WAS JUST EXITTING
THE ELIZABETH CITY AREA AND HEADING EAST NORTHEAST TOWARDS CAMDEN AND
CURRITUCK COUNTIES.
 
PEOPLE IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
ACTION TO PROTECT THEIR LIVES. GO TO A BASEMENT...THE CENTER OF
BUILDINGS...COVER YOUR HEAD. DO NOT GO NEAR DOORS OR WINDOWS. GET
OUT OF MOBILE HOMES AND VEHICLES. GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING OR A
DITCH.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMHXWashington55 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.